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Apex Project 128 - 130 London Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0PL

26/00099/PNECPrior Notification Change of use E to CRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 2 March 2026

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Prior notification for the proposed change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 2 no. dwellinghouse (Use Class C3)

Received
19 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Southborough And Bidborough
Agent
DJM Town Planning Ltd
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Mar

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Apex Project 128 - 130 London Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0PL. Tunbridge Wells has handled 227 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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.

89% of amendment 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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Why it was refused

  1. The application is contrary to Article 3(4) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) as condition 1 of planning permission 07/01672/FUL and condition 2 of the planning permission granted on appeal under reference number 90/00059/FUL prevents the change of use of the building from office use to other uses under permitted development rights.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TN4 0PL
Application type
Prior Notification Change of use E to C
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Southborough Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2026
Consultation expiry
27 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
DJM Town Planning Ltd
Agent address
16 Fairdene Southwick Brighton BN42 4QN

Publicity

Site notice start
6 February 2026
Site notice end
27 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14605477
Documents
12
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Costcutter, 120 London Road, Southborough, Royal Tunbridge Wells, TN4 0PNRegister 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 (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, 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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