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Agricultural Shed Plot 3710 Lewes Heath Farm Spelmonden Road Horsmonden Tonbridge Kent TN12 8EE

23/03463/PNQCLAPrior Notification Class QApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 February 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Notification for the Change of Use of a Building and Land within its Curtilage from an Agricultural Use to a Use falling within Class C3 (1 No. Dwellinghouse) and Building Operations reasonably necessary to convert the building. For the change of use: - Transport and highways impacts; - Noise impacts; - Contamination risk; - Flooding risks; - Whether location or siting makes it impractical or undesirable. For the operational development: - Design or external appearance

Received
20 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural Tunbridge Wells
Agent
D.C. Hudson & Partner LLP
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated21 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Agricultural Shed Plot 3710 Lewes Heath Farm Spelmonden Road Horsmonden Tonbridge Kent TN12 8EE. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across Rural Tunbridge Wells. We hold 1,128 applications in total for the TN12 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
TN12 8EE
Application type
Prior Notification Class Q
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Horsmonden Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 December 2023
Consultation expiry
26 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
D.C. Hudson & Partner LLP
Agent address
The Doctors House Royal British Legion Village Hall Road Aylesford Kent , ME20 7QX

Publicity

Site notice start
5 January 2024
Site notice end
26 January 2024

Additional information

Documents
19
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    25 Apr

    Conversion of agricultural building to dwelling (alternative to 23/03463/PNQCLA

    ApprovedFull ApplicationRelated25/01045/FULL
  2. 2025
    4 Apr

    Submission of Details in relation to Condition 1 - (External materials details) of 23/03463/PNQCLA

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/00900/SUB
  3. 2023
    20 Dec

    Prior Notification for the Change of Use of a Building and Land within its Curtilage from an Agricultural Use…

    This applicationApprovedOutline23/03463/PNQCLA

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