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High Weald Romford Road Pembury Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4BB

26/00667/LAWPROLawful Development Cert. (Proposed)Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 21 May 2026

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - mobile home for ancillary use to dwelling

Received
24 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pembury And Capel
Agent
Candid Planning Consultancy Ltd
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 May
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at High Weald Romford Road Pembury Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4BB. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 9 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Pembury And Capel. We hold 1,580 applications in total for the TN2 postcode area.

89% of outline applications at Tunbridge Wells Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The structure referred to as a 'mobile home (or caravan)' would be the result of a building operation / operational development, for which no planning permission exists. As a result, the structure is not considered to comply with the definition of a caravan, as defined by the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (as amended) and the Caravan Sites Act 1968 (as amended).
  2. The proposed structure falls within the definition of 'development' as a building operation under Section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as a result of its size, permanence, and physical attachment to the land. There are no permitted development rights, nor immunity under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) nor previous planning permissions that the structure benefits from.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TN2 4BB
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Pembury Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2026
Target decision date
21 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Candid Planning Consultancy Ltd
Agent address
5 Farmcombe Close Kent TN2 5DG

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14790883
Documents
13
Constraints
15

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
  • 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 (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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© 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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