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9 Birchwood Avenue Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0UD

24/02576/LAWPROLawful Development Cert. (Proposed)Withdrawn
Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 3 December 2024

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of first floor rear dormer and loft conversion to rear of house.

Received
3 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Southborough And Bidborough
Agent
TX11 Architects
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated11 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Dec

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 9 Birchwood Avenue Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0UD. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 61 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Southborough And Bidborough. We hold 485 applications in total for the TN4 postcode area.

89% of outline applications at Tunbridge Wells Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN4 0UD
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Southborough Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
TX11 Architects
Architect profile
TX11 ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
7 Bell Yard London WC2A 2JR

Publicity

Site notice start
18 October 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13408710
Documents
22
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Tunbridge Wells
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Ancient woodlandNext to 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 (18)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    23 Jan

    (Part-retrospective) Alterations to land levels & landscaping to rear, erection of outbuilding, retaining…

    ApprovedFull Application26/00151/FULL
  2. 2026
    20 Jan

    (Part retrospective) Demolish and re-build garage

    ApprovedFull Application26/00115/FULL
  3. 2025
    31 Mar

    Proposed loft conversion, rear dormer extension, 5no. rooflights, removal of chimney & amendments to 3no…

    ApprovedFull Application25/00806/FULL
  4. 2024
    18 Jul

    Single storey rear side extension; first floor side extension and terrace; addition of front dormer and…

    ApprovedFull Application24/01883/FULL
  5. 2023
    24 May

    Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed): Rear extension, outbuilding

    ApprovedLawful Development Cert. (Proposed)23/01397/LAWPRO
  6. 2023
    14 Mar

    Erection of single storey rear and side extension, Erection of first floor side extension and terrace…

    ApprovedFull Application23/00679/FULL

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