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Field Fares Spring Lane Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0UE

22/00852/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 16 May 2022

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of first floor extension to dwelling, demolition of existing garage, erection of replacement garage building to include annexe living space

Received
16 March 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Speldhurst & Bidborough
Agent
Pump House Designs
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated22 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Field Fares Spring Lane Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0UE. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer 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 1,125 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 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN3 0UE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bidborough Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 March 2022
Consultation expiry
2 May 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Pump House Designs
Agent address
Pump House Yard The Green Sedlescombe Battle TN33 0QA United Kingdom

Publicity

Site notice start
7 April 2022
Site notice end
2 May 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11115568
Documents
6
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Tunbridge WellsPart of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): High WealdPart of the site
  • Ancient woodlandPart of 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 (18)

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, 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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