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Land West Of Kirkins Close Gibbet Lane Horsmonden Tonbridge Kent

12/00373/FULMJMajor Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 14 May 2012

Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee

Proposal

Development of 15 no. Local Needs Affordable dwellings comprising 2 no. 1-bedroom flats, 2 no. 1-bedroom wheelchair bungalows, 6 no. 2-bedroom houses and 5 no. 3-bedroom houses, including hard and soft landscaping - variation of condition 28 - vehicle parking space (including garages and pergolas) shall be provided, surfaced and drained before any building is occupied (TW/10/02630 refers)

Received
9 February 2012
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Brenchley & Horsmonden
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.5 Jun
  4. Target14 May
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land West Of Kirkins Close Gibbet Lane Horsmonden Tonbridge Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 6 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address.

96% of full applications at Tunbridge Wells Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Major Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Horsmonden

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2012
Consultation expiry
5 June 2012
Consultation start
15 May 2012
Consultation end
5 June 2012
Neighbour consultation start
14 February 2012
Neighbour consultation end
6 March 2012
Target decision date
14 May 2012
Committee meeting
23 April 2012

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 February 2012
Advertisement expiry
17 March 2012
Site notice start
22 February 2012
Site notice end
14 March 2012

Additional information

Documents
28
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2014
    12 Feb

    Condition 6 of TW/12/02072/FULMJ

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions14/00439/SUB
  2. 2013
    21 Aug

    Condition 30 of TW/12/02072/FULMJ

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions13/02476/SUB
  3. 2013
    4 Jan

    Condition 30 of TW/12/02072/FULMJ

    RefusedDischarge of conditions13/00023/SUB
  4. 2012
    19 Jul

    Development of 15 no. Local Needs Affordable dwellings comprising 2 no. 1-bedroom flats, 2 no. 1-bedroom…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)12/02072/FULMJ
  5. 2012
    29 Jun

    Condition 13 of TW/10/02630

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions12/01993/SUB
  6. 2012
    15 Mar

    Condition 24 of TW/10/02630

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions12/00858/SUB

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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