9 Birchwood Avenue Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0UD

26/00151/FULLFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 11 May 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

(Part-retrospective) Alterations to land levels & landscaping to rear, erection of outbuilding, retaining walls, paved area, and balustrade

Received: 23 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Ward: Southborough And Bidborough
Agent: TX11 Architects

ReceivedReceived23 Jan
ValidatedValidated27 Jan
Consult.Consultation21 Apr
TargetTarget Date24 Mar
DecidedDecided11 May

Decided in 104 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 9 Birchwood Avenue Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0UD. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 108 days, 7 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Southborough And Bidborough. We hold 484 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 0UD
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Southborough Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 January 2026
Consultation expiry: 23 April 2026
Consultation end: 21 April 2026
Target decision date: 24 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: TX11 Architects
Architect profile: TX11 ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address: 7 Bell Yard London WC2A 2JR

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 31 March 2026
Site notice end: 23 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14631230
Documents: 45
Constraints: 26

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Green belt: Tunbridge Wells
National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
Ancient woodlandNext to the site
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 (18)

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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Associated applications

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23 Jan
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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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