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Abrahams Franks Hollow Road Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0UB

25/01260/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 23 July 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed outbuilding & pool

Received
27 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Southborough And Bidborough
Agent
TT Architecture
  1. Received27 May
  2. Validated30 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Abrahams Franks Hollow Road Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0UB. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Southborough And Bidborough. We hold 1,125 applications in total for the TN3 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
TN3 0UB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bidborough Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 May 2025
Consultation expiry
2 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
TT Architecture
Architect profile
TT ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
The Cottage Stockland Green Road Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0TJ

Publicity

Site notice start
11 June 2025
Site notice end
2 July 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14044881
Documents
13
Constraints
16

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
  • 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

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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.

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Source: Tunbridge Wells

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