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Melford House Chalket Lane Pembury Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4AA

26/00751/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 17 June 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

(Part retrospective) porch; retention of cladding to the ground-floor front elevation

Received
7 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pembury And Capel
  1. Received7 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target22 Jun
  5. Decided17 Jun

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at Melford House Chalket Lane Pembury Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4AA. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. 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.

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
TN2 4AA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Pembury Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2026
Consultation expiry
1 June 2026
Consultation end
20 May 2026
Target decision date
22 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 May 2026
Site notice end
1 June 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14837696
Documents
12
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Tunbridge WellsPart of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): High WealdPart of the site
  • 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    28 Jan

    Two storey side extension for use as a granny annex

    ApprovedFull Application19/00244/FULL

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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