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11 Birling Drive Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5LG

21/02566/LAWPROLawful Development Cert. (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 September 2021

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Single Storey Rear Extension

Received
26 July 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pantiles & St Marks
Agent
SJM Planning Limited
  1. Received26 Jul
  2. Validated30 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Sep

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 11 Birling Drive Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5LG. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,580 applications in total for the TN2 postcode area.

89% of outline 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

Postcode
TN2 5LG
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 July 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
SJM Planning Limited
Agent address
Unit 4, The Old Granary Strettit Farm Snoll Hatch Road East Peckham TN12 5EE Kent

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10071472
Documents
7
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Heritage at Risk Register: Royal Tunbridge WellsNext to the site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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

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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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