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Bentham Hill Stables Stockland Green Road Speldhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0TJ

17/02853/FULLFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 8 January 2018

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Extension and conversion of 2 existing dwellings in a converted stable building to provide an additional dwelling (3 in total)

Received
24 August 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Southborough North
  1. Received24 Aug
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Jan
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Bentham Hill Stables Stockland Green Road Speldhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0TJ. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 137 days, 13 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN3 postcode area.

96% of full applications at Tunbridge Wells Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN3 0TJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Southborough Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2017
Consultation expiry
29 December 2017
Target decision date
8 January 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Paul Sharp Chislehurst Business Centre 1 Bromley Lane Chislehurst Kent BR7 6LH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 December 2017
Advertisement expiry
29 December 2017
Site notice start
29 November 2017
Site notice end
20 December 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06327714
Documents
53
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Tunbridge Wells
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Tunbridge Wells

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