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Carpetright Kingstanding Retail Park Kingstanding Way Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 3UP

25/00283/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 April 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use to gym, installation of mezzanine and external plant, and associated works

Received
3 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sherwood
Agent
Urbanspace Planning Ltd
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated7 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 68 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Carpetright Kingstanding Retail Park Kingstanding Way Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 3UP. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 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 40 applications across Sherwood. We hold 1,577 applications in total for the TN2 postcode area.

96% of full 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
TN2 3UP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 February 2025
Consultation expiry
10 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Urbanspace Planning Ltd
Agent address
5 Duncombe Close Hertford SG14 3DB

Publicity

Site notice start
17 February 2025
Site notice end
10 March 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13646629
Documents
18
Constraints
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Tunbridge WellsPart of the site
  • 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 (19)

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, 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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