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Porters Lodge Ferndale Close Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 3PL

25/02241/FULLFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 16 January 2026

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing garage and flat; construction of two semi-detached dwellings.

Received
19 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St. James'
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated23 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 115 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Porters Lodge Ferndale Close Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 3PL. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 9 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across St. James'. We hold 1,580 applications in total for the TN2 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
TN2 3PL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 September 2025
Consultation expiry
31 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Madgwick & Dottridge
Agent address
The Farm Office, Barden Dell Farm Barden Road Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent, TN3 0LJ

Publicity

Last advertised
10 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
31 October 2025
Site notice start
3 October 2025
Site notice end
24 October 2025

Appeal history

6007903
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 10 July 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
33
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Heritage at Risk Register: Royal Tunbridge WellsPart of the site
  • 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, 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.

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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© 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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