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Adrian Scripps Ltd Moat Farm Whetsted Road Five Oak Green Tonbridge Kent TN12 6RR

25/02230/PN14JNotification for prior approval Part 14Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 November 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior Notification for installation of 656 roof mounted solar panels. For prior approval for design and external appearance, in particular the impact of glare on occupiers of neighbouring land.

Received
18 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pembury And Capel
Agent
Geo Green Power Ltd
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Adrian Scripps Ltd Moat Farm Whetsted Road Five Oak Green Tonbridge Kent TN12 6RR. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 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 100 applications across Pembury And Capel. 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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Application details

Postcode
TN12 6RR
Application type
Notification for prior approval Part 14
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Capel Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2025
Consultation expiry
3 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Geo Green Power Ltd
Agent address
Unit 1, Bradmore Business Park, Loughborough Road Bunny NG11 6QA

Publicity

Site notice start
13 October 2025
Site notice end
3 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14343257
Documents
12
Constraints
14

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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