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Tunbridge Wells Railway Station Vale Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1BT

26/00689/TWORKTelecommunication WorkApproved

Approved on 31 March 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Telecommunications Notification - Installation of external cabling and laying of duct

Received
25 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Culverden
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 6 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Tunbridge Wells Railway Station Vale Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1BT. Tunbridge Wells has handled 48 applications of this type. This one was decided in 6 days, 7 weeks quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Culverden. We hold 268 applications in total for the TN1 postcode area.

100% of telecoms 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
TN1 1BT
Application type
Telecommunication Work
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Openreach
Agent address
6 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0AT

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    31 Mar

    Telecommunications Notification - Installation of external cabling and laying of duct

    ApprovedTelecommunication WorkFiled alongside26/00725/TWORK
  2. 2026
    25 Mar

    Telecommunications Notification - Installation of external cabling and laying of duct

    This applicationApprovedTelecoms26/00689/TWORK

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