St Johns Methodist Church Vale Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0QH
Approved on 6 July 2026
Council decision: Application Permitted
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Proposal
Non-Material Amendment in relation to 23/02976/FULL - (Amendments to refuse strategy & pathways; relocation of bicycle stores; addition of railings & retaining walls; replacement of Plot 8's bicycle store with private garden area)
- Received
- 3 June 2026
- Ward
- Southborough And Bidborough
- ReceivedReceived3 Jun
- ValidatedValidated8 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided6 Jul
Decided in 28 days
About this application
This is a planning application at St Johns Methodist Church Vale Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0QH. Tunbridge Wells has handled 5,841 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Southborough And Bidborough. We hold 486 applications in total for the TN4 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- TN4 0QH
- Parish
- Southborough Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Kirsty Minney
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: St Johns Methodist Church Vale Road, Southborough, Royal Tunbridge Wells, TN4 0QHRegister site at or near this address
- 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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Source: Tunbridge Wells
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