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Court Lodge Groombridge Road Groombridge Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9PS

24/01477/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 19 July 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed Building Consent - Refurbishment of existing bathroom to include demolition of a modern non load bearing partition.

Received
3 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rusthall And Speldhurst
Agent
AV Architects ltd
  1. Received3 Jun
  2. Validated3 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Jul

Decided in 46 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Court Lodge Groombridge Road Groombridge Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9PS. Tunbridge Wells has handled 262 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 3 days quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Rusthall And Speldhurst. We hold 1,125 applications in total for the TN3 postcode area.

96% of heritage 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 9PS
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Speldhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 June 2024
Consultation expiry
17 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
AV Architects ltd
Architect profile
AV ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
51 St. Marys Road Tonbridge TN9 2LE

Publicity

Last advertised
21 June 2024
Advertisement expiry
12 July 2024
Site notice start
26 June 2024
Site notice end
17 July 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13120728
Documents
16
Constraints
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II*: Court LodgeOn this site
  • Green belt: Tunbridge Wells
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • 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 (17)

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, 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.

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.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    9 Nov

    LBC: internal first floor alterations

    PendingListed building consent26/02464/LBC
  2. 2026
    7 Jul

    Submission of details in relation to condition 4 (External lighting) of 25/02349/FULL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01509/SUB
  3. 2026
    23 Jun

    Trees in a conservation area notification: English Oak (T1) - Remove

    ApprovedApplication26/01407/TCA
  4. 2026
    5 May

    Tractor shed

    PendingApplication26/00965/FULL
  5. 2026
    4 Feb

    Submission of Details in relation to Condition 8 (Biodiversity Enhancements) of 25/00216/FULL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00245/SUB
  6. 2025
    10 Dec

    Dining room extension, carriageway ceiling replaced and internal re-planning of 20th century east wing

    ApprovedFull Application25/02951/FULL

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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