26 Morley Drive Horsmonden Tonbridge Kent TN12 8JD
Refused on 29 October 2025
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Single-storey extension
- Received
- 29 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Rural Tunbridge Wells
- Agent
- ARK Design Services
- ReceivedReceived29 Aug
- ValidatedValidated2 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided29 Oct
Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for an extension at 26 Morley Drive Horsmonden Tonbridge Kent TN12 8JD. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 141 applications across Rural Tunbridge Wells. We hold 1,128 applications in total for the TN12 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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Why it was refused
- The subject site does not benefit from the relevant permitted development rights for works relating to the enlargement, improvement or other alteration of a dwellinghouse. Therefore, the proposal cannot be considered within the scope of Class A, Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- TN12 8JD
- Application type
- Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Horsmonden Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 September 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- ARK Design Services
- Agent address
- 11 Chathill Cottages Miles Lane Tandridge Oxted RH8 9NR
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14288982
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (21)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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.
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