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Land At Pinewood Farm Frant Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9HB

26/00130/ADJAdjoining Authority ConsultationRefused
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Adjoining Authority Consultation - The erection of 178 no. dwellings with affordable housing including 11 no. self-build plots and a children's nursery or GP surgery (class e), landscaping, open space, biodiversity net gain, sustainable urban drainage system and associated earthworks with new vehicular and pedestrian accesses from Frant Road.

Received
16 January 2026
Decided
18 March 2026 · Objections
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Outside All Boroughs
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
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  1. Received16 Jan
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Tunbridge Wells89% of outline applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Land At Pinewood Farm Frant Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9HB. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 52 days. This one was decided in 61 days, 9 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's median. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Outside All Boroughs. We hold 1,108 applications in total for the TN3 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26/00130/ADJ
Address
Land At Pinewood Farm Frant Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9HB
Postcode
TN3 9HB
Local Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Application Type
Adjoining Authority Consultation
Scale / Size
Large
Number of Dwellings
178
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Outside All Boroughs
Parish
Outside Borough

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
16 January 2026
Date Decided
18 March 2026
Date Validated
16 January 2026
Date Submitted
16 January 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Objections
Decided By
Committee Decision

Publicity

Site Notice Start
20 January 2026

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
15
Coordinates
51.111263, 0.259669
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 2026-10-09. 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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