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Scriventon Farm Buildings Four Winds Farm Speldhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0TU

26/00539/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 May 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)15 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of Condition 2 of Planning Permission 25/02128/FULL - (Building B: Change of wall materials from vertical timbers to a black brick and standing seam metal, addition of solar panels)

Received
9 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rusthall And Speldhurst
Agent
Chris Saunders Associates Limited
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided5 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Scriventon Farm Buildings Four Winds Farm Speldhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0TU. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Rusthall And Speldhurst. We hold 1,125 applications in total for the TN3 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
TN3 0TU
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Speldhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026
Consultation expiry
1 May 2026
Consultation end
2 April 2026
Target decision date
6 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Chris Saunders Associates Limited
Architect profile
CHRIS SAUNDERS ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
4 Heddon Court Cockfosters Road Barnet EN4 0DE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
10 April 2026
Site notice start
10 April 2026
Site notice end
1 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14742084
Documents
8
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: Tunbridge Wells
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald

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 (19)

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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    7 Aug

    Submission of details for Condition 3 (Materials) of 25/02128/FULL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01758/SUB
  2. 2026
    9 Mar

    Variation of Condition 2 of Planning Permission 25/02128/FULL

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)26/00539/FULL
  3. 2025
    8 Sep

    Variation of Condition 2 of Planning Permission 24/01278/FULL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Part of25/02128/FULL

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