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Callenders Cottage Penshurst Road Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0XJ

25/01279/LAWPROLawful Development Cert. (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 July 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Erection of detached outbuilding to enclose existing swimming pool & incorporate a plant room, sauna & changing facilities.

Received
28 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Southborough And Bidborough
Agent
Candid Planning Consultancy Ltd
  1. Received28 May
  2. Validated3 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for an outbuilding at Callenders Cottage Penshurst Road Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0XJ. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Southborough And Bidborough. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN3 postcode area.

89% of outline 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
TN3 0XJ
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bidborough Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Candid Planning Consultancy Ltd
Agent address
5 Farmcombe Close Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent, TN2 5DG

Publicity

Site notice start
3 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13984405
Documents
12
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Tunbridge Wells
  • 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, 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, 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.

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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