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3 Lonsdale Gardens Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1NU

25/02846/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 January 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion to a 14 bedroom (28 bedspaces) HMO; provision of bin store & bike store; alterations to fenestration and replacement of existing windows.

Received
25 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Culverden
Agent
SJM Planning
  1. Received25 Nov
  2. Validated27 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at 3 Lonsdale Gardens Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1NU. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Culverden. We hold 268 applications in total for the TN1 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
TN1 1NU
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 November 2025
Consultation expiry
10 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
SJM Planning
Agent address
The Old Granary, Strettit Farm Snoll Hatch Road East Peckham Kent, TN12 5EE

Publicity

Last advertised
19 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
9 January 2026
Site notice start
17 December 2025
Site notice end
10 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14489646
Documents
24
Constraints
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Heritage at Risk Register: Royal Tunbridge Wells
  • Brownfield land register: 3 - 5 Lonsdale Gardens, Royal Tunbridge Wells, TN1 1NXRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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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