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Windmill House Hastings Road Matfield Tonbridge Kent TN12 7HF

24/01649/FULLFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full

Proposal

Change of use of land for equestrian, retention of sand school, two stable buildings and 3 containers for storage, access and hardstanding areas and landscaping (retrospective)

Received
21 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural Tunbridge Wells
Agent
Haskins Design Ltd
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Windmill House Hastings Road Matfield Tonbridge Kent TN12 7HF. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 21 June 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Rural Tunbridge Wells. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN12 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
TN12 7HF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Brenchley & Matfield Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2025
Consultation expiry
14 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Haskins Design Ltd
Agent address
Civic Centre St Mary's Road Swanley, Kent BR8 7BU

Publicity

Last advertised
21 February 2025
Advertisement expiry
14 March 2025
Site notice start
14 February 2025
Site notice end
7 March 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13166023
Documents
63
Constraints
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (20)

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, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    24 Feb

    Appeal documents for enforcement appeal APP/M2270/C/26/3377417

    PendingApplication26/00492/FULL

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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