The Old Bank 69D London Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0PA
Approved on 16 December 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
Change of use from office space/retail (Class E) to coffee shop & wine bar (sui generis)
- Received
- 3 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Southborough And Bidborough
- ReceivedReceived3 Oct
- ValidatedValidated30 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided16 Dec
Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Old Bank 69D London Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0PA. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 4 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Southborough And Bidborough. We hold 486 applications in total for the TN4 postcode area.
96% of full 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
- TN4 0PA
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Southborough Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 28 November 2025
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 7 November 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 28 November 2025
- Site notice start
- 7 November 2025
- Site notice end
- 28 November 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14377750
- Documents
- 15
- Constraints
- 14
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: St Johns Methodist Church Vale Road, Southborough, Royal Tunbridge Wells, TN4 0QHRegister site at or near this address
- 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, 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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Associated applications
- 20262 Jan
Submission of Details in relation to Condition 3 - (management plan) of 25/02382/FULL
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00003/SUB - 20253 Oct
Change of use from office space/retail (Class E) to coffee shop & wine bar (sui generis)
This applicationApprovedFull25/02382/FULL
Source: Tunbridge Wells
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