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16 East Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1HG

26/00434/PDVMAcommercial business to residential PDApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 May 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Approved (PD)Delegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Notification under schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA: Change of use from Mixed use to C3 (Dwelling) to form 5x additional flats

Received
12 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cage Green And Angel
Agent
Bracketts LLP
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated12 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 61 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 16 East Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1HG. Tonbridge has handled 1,058 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days. The site is in the Tonbridge conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 118 applications across Cage Green And Angel. 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 1HG
Application type
commercial business to residential PD
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tonbridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 March 2026
Consultation start
19 March 2026
Target decision date
6 May 2026
Permission expires
12 May 2031

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Bracketts LLP
Agent address
27-29 High Street Tunbridge Wells TN1 1UU

Planning decision

Case officer
Scott Fisher
Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14713732
Documents
18
Constraints
61

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Tonbridge
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Tonbridge

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