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Tunbridge Wells Roofing Ltd Springfield Works Springfield Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0RD

26/00518/PNECPrior Notification Change of use E to CRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 1 May 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Notification for the change of use from Class E to C3 (single dwelling)

Received
6 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Southborough And Bidborough
  1. Received6 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.31 Mar
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Tunbridge Wells Roofing Ltd Springfield Works Springfield Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0RD. Tunbridge Wells has handled 227 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. 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 484 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 proposal would fail to provide adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouse. It would therefore be contrary to MA.2(2)(f) of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2026
Consultation expiry
2 April 2026
Consultation end
31 March 2026
Target decision date
5 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Saunders Rural Solutions
Agent address
Greenmeadow Farm Holtye Road Hammerwood East Grinstead RH19 3QB

Publicity

Site notice start
12 March 2026
Site notice end
2 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14759665
Documents
12
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    6 Nov

    Change of use from Class E to dwelling with associated works

    PendingApplication26/02419/FULL

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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