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6 Whitethorn Cottages Brenchley Road Matfield Tonbridge Kent TN12 7PR

25/02630/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 22 December 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed Building Consent - repairs to timber-framed roof structure, roof tiles and internal plaster.

Received
31 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural Tunbridge Wells
Agent
Anthony Hicks Ltd
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 6 Whitethorn Cottages Brenchley Road Matfield Tonbridge Kent TN12 7PR. Tunbridge Wells has handled 262 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. 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 heritage 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 7PR
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Brenchley & Matfield Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2025
Consultation expiry
19 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Anthony Hicks Ltd
Agent address
Jessamine Farm Old Romney Kent, TN29 9SG

Publicity

Last advertised
28 November 2025
Advertisement expiry
19 December 2025
Site notice start
21 November 2025
Site notice end
12 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14447492
Documents
15
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Whitethorn CottagesOn this site · +1 more
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

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.

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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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