98 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1AP
Approved on 13 February 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Approved (PD)Delegated (officer decision)2 conditions
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Proposal
Prior Notification under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA : change of use from Commercial (Use Class E) to Residential (Use Class C3): for the conversion of existing first and second floor into 2 no. flats, retaining commercial to ground floor
- Received
- 22 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Judd
- ReceivedReceived22 Dec
- ValidatedValidated22 Dec
- Consult.Consultation23 Jan
- TargetTarget Date15 Feb
- DecidedDecided13 Feb
Decided in 53 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 98 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1AP. Tonbridge has handled 1,058 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 10 days quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across Judd. We hold 641 applications in total for the TN9 postcode area.
93% of outline applications at Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- TN9 1AP
- Application type
- commercial business to residential PD
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Tonbridge
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 2 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 2 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 23 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 2 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 15 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 13 February 2031
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Mr Niell Bayes The Design Studio 88B Skellingthorpe Road Lincoln LN6 7QZ
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Scott Fisher
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 12 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 2 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14579817
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 63
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: TonbridgePart of the site
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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