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Royal Oak House 80 Speldhurst Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0JA

26/00025/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 March 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)11 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of single-storey garage & side extension; erection of a single-storey dwelling; installation of 4no rooflights & solar panels; associated parking & landscaping

Received
6 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Southborough And Bidborough
Agent
Kaner Olette Architects
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Royal Oak House 80 Speldhurst Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0JA. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Southborough And Bidborough. We hold 485 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 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN4 0JA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Southborough Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2026
Consultation expiry
25 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Kaner Olette Architects
Architect profile
KANER OLETTE LIMITED
Agent address
108 Camden Road Tunbridge Wells Kent, TN1 2QX

Publicity

Site notice start
4 February 2026
Site notice end
25 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14587537
Documents
28
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Tunbridge WellsNext to the site
  • Brownfield land register: Speldhurst Place Speldhurst Road Southborough Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0JARegister 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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.

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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