Ash Oast School House Lane Horsmonden Tonbridge Kent TN12 8BJ
Approved on 27 February 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Laying of hard standing (re-surfacing of driveway).
- Received
- 6 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Rural Tunbridge Wells
- Agent
- Willow Town and Country Planning Ltd
- ReceivedReceived6 Jan
- ValidatedValidated8 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided27 Feb
Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application at Ash Oast School House Lane Horsmonden Tonbridge Kent TN12 8BJ. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across Rural Tunbridge Wells. We hold 1,128 applications in total for the TN12 postcode area.
89% of outline 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
- Postcode
- TN12 8BJ
- Application type
- Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Horsmonden Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Willow Town and Country Planning Ltd
- Agent address
- 8 The Orpines Wateringbury Kent, ME18 5BP
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14603438
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (21)
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, National Landscapes, 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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Associated applications
- 20266 Jan
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - entrance gates.
ApprovedLawful Development Cert. (Proposed)Filed alongside26/00026/LAWPRO - 20266 Jan
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Laying of hard standing (re-surfacing of driveway).
This applicationApprovedOutline26/00027/LAWPRO
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Tunbridge Wells
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