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Garages Birling Drive Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent

21/03660/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 December 2021

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of small hard-standing area on private land (retrospective)

Received
29 October 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pantiles & St Marks
  1. Received29 Oct
  2. Validated9 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Garages Birling Drive Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 November 2021
Consultation expiry
17 December 2021

Publicity

Site notice start
18 November 2021
Site notice end
17 December 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10332713
Documents
9
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
  • Brownfield land register: RTA Joinery rear of 5 Birling Road Tunbridge Wells KentRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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

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Source: Tunbridge Wells

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