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8 Foxhole Lane Matfield Tonbridge Kent TN12 7ER

26/01347/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 10 August 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

Single storey side/rear extension

Received
12 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural Tunbridge Wells
Agent
M R Garland Ltd
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.8 Jul
  4. Target11 Aug
  5. Decided10 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 8 Foxhole Lane Matfield Tonbridge Kent TN12 7ER. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 139 applications across Rural Tunbridge Wells. We hold 1,129 applications in total for the TN12 postcode area.

96% of full applications at Tunbridge Wells Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN12 7ER
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Brenchley & Matfield Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2026
Consultation expiry
8 July 2026
Consultation end
8 July 2026
Target decision date
11 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
M R Garland Ltd
Architect profile
M R GARLAND LIMITED
Agent address
4 Burrs Hill Cottages Horsmonden Road Brenchley Tonbridge Kent, TN12 7AT

Planning decision

Case officer
Elaine Guater Cavie
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15003793
Documents
8
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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