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Land At Down Farm Lamberhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent

25/02747/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 March 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)26 conditions

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Proposal

Variation of Condition 2 of Planning Permission 22/01882/FULL - (changes to layout and house types of plots 25 & 26)

Received
14 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural Tunbridge Wells
  1. Received14 Nov
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target24 Mar
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 87 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land At Down Farm Lamberhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 11 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Rural Tunbridge Wells.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lamberhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2025
Consultation expiry
30 January 2026
Consultation end
29 January 2026
Target decision date
24 March 2026

Publicity

Last advertised
9 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
30 January 2026
Site notice start
6 January 2026
Site notice end
28 January 2026

Appeal history

6008948
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 27 July 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused
Green Belt

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14487796
Documents
14
Constraints
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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.

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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.

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