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42 York Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1JY

25/01047/LBCListed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 14 January 2026

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Listed Building Consent - Installation of 6no. soffit vents to left elevation & 2no. roof vents. Re-painting of external windows & walls

Received
28 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Culverden
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated2 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Jan

Decided in 226 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at 42 York Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1JY. Tunbridge Wells has handled 262 applications of this type. This one was decided in 261 days, 29 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Culverden. We hold 268 applications in total for the TN1 postcode area.

96% of heritage 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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Why it was refused

  1. Further details regarding the element of the proposal to paint the exterior of the building have not been provided. There is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that the repainting of the building would not cause harm to the designated heritage asset. Therefore, the application conflicts with paragraph 208 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2024 (amended 2025) and policy EN4 of the Tunbridge Wells Borough Local Plan 2025.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TN1 1JY
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 June 2025
Consultation expiry
4 July 2025

Publicity

Last advertised
13 June 2025
Advertisement expiry
4 July 2025
Site notice start
4 June 2025
Site notice end
25 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13974087
Documents
13
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

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Source: Tunbridge Wells

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