Matfield Lakes Petteridge Lane Matfield Tonbridge Kent TN12 7LP
Approved on 20 March 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions
Proposal
(Retrospective) Change of use of machine shed to fishermen's resting place, including addition of solar panels and external lighting; creation of outdoor seating area; addition of fishing lodge, storage shed and pump store.
- Received
- 3 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Rural Tunbridge Wells
- Agent
- Pump House Designs
- ReceivedReceived3 Oct
- ValidatedValidated27 Jan
- Consult.Consultation17 Feb
- TargetTarget Date24 Mar
- DecidedDecided20 Mar
Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Matfield Lakes Petteridge Lane Matfield Tonbridge Kent TN12 7LP. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 168 days, 16 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 143 applications across Rural Tunbridge Wells. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN12 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
- TN12 7LP
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Brenchley & Matfield Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 27 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 17 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 24 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Pump House Designs
- Architect profile
- PUMP HOUSE DESIGNS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 38 High Street Battle TN33 0EA
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 6 February 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 27 February 2026
- Site notice start
- 28 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 19 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14381214
- Documents
- 21
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
- 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, 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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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.
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Associated applications
- 202619 May
Submission of details in relation to condition 4 (biodiversity enhancement scheme) of 25/02384/FULL
PendingDischarge of conditions26/01103/SUB - 20253 Oct
(Retrospective) Change of use of machine shed to fishermen's resting place, including addition of solar…
This applicationApprovedFull25/02384/FULL
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