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Gas Holder Site Sandhurst Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent

25/02259/OUTOutline ApplicationAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline (All matters reserved except access) - Erection of up to 90 dwellings with associated access routes, parking, open space and amenity areas.

Received
22 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sherwood
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated8 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application at Gas Holder Site Sandhurst Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 22 September 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Sherwood.

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

Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
90

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 October 2025
Consultation expiry
14 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Turley
Agent address
Brownlow Yard 12 Roger Street London WC1N 2JU

Publicity

Last advertised
24 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
14 November 2025
Site notice start
15 October 2025
Site notice end
14 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14203225
Documents
101
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Former Gas Works, Sandhurst Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, TN2 3TQRegister site at or near this address

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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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