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Greenacres (former Post Office Stores) Barden Road Speldhurst Kent TN3 0QD

26/00686/FULLFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Change of use from Class E (retail) to provide additional residential accommodation for existing dwelling (Greenacres)

Received
26 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rusthall And Speldhurst
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated7 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Greenacres (former Post Office Stores) Barden Road Speldhurst Kent TN3 0QD. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 26 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 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 0QD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Speldhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 April 2026
Consultation expiry
7 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Madgwick & Dottridge
Agent address
The Farm Office Barden Dell Farm Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent, TN3 0LJ

Publicity

Site notice start
14 April 2026
Site notice end
7 May 2026

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Tunbridge WellsNext to the site
  • 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

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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