Friars Farm Maidstone Road Matfield Tonbridge Kent TN12 7LG
Proposal
Prior Notification of agricultural development - Extension to existing agricultural building incorporating solar panels on roof
- Received
- 25 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Rural Tunbridge Wells
- ReceivedReceived25 Mar
- ValidatedValidated27 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
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About this application
This is a planning application for an extension at Friars Farm Maidstone Road Matfield Tonbridge Kent TN12 7LG. Tunbridge Wells has handled 58 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 25 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 141 applications across Rural Tunbridge Wells. We hold 1,127 applications in total for the TN12 postcode area.
96% of all 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
- TN12 7LG
- Application type
- Agricultural/Forestry Notification
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Brenchley & Matfield Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Bloomfields
- Agent address
- 77 Commercial Road Paddock Wood Tonbridge, TN12 6DS
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14809129
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 8
Site 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 2026-11-03. 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.
Source: Tunbridge Wells
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