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1 Stone Cottages Groombridge Hill Groombridge Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9LZ

23/01848/LAWPROLawful Development Cert. (Proposed)Withdrawn
Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 5 September 2023

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Installation of an opening rooflight to rear elevation of house

Received
7 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Speldhurst & Bidborough
Agent
Penton Architects Limited
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated12 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at 1 Stone Cottages Groombridge Hill Groombridge Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9LZ. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 60 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN3 postcode area.

89% of outline 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 9LZ
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Speldhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Penton Architects Limited
Architect profile
PENTON ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Home Farm Cottage Burrswood Groombridge Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9PY

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Stone CottagesOn this site
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, 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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