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55 East Cliff Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 9AG

24/01345/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 July 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Alterations and enlargement of garage to use as ancillary accommodation (resubmission of 17/04311/FULL)

Received
20 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St. John's
  1. Received20 May
  2. Validated19 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 55 East Cliff Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 9AG. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 3 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across St. John's. We hold 484 applications in total for the TN4 postcode area.

96% of full 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
TN4 9AG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 June 2024
Consultation expiry
24 July 2024

Publicity

Site notice start
3 July 2024
Site notice end
24 July 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13079034
Documents
8
Constraints
5

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.

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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