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Gainsford House, Corseley Road, Groombridge, TN3 9SF

WD/2026/1845/NMANon-material amendmentRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 1 October 2026

Council decision: Refusal

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

Proposal

APPLICATION FOR A NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2026/0625/F (PROPOSED ERECTION OF A DETACHED GARAGE WITH ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION IN THE ROOF SPACE) WE WISH TO CONSTRUCT THE GARAGE FROM MASONRY MATERIALS USING BRICKWORK TO THE GROUND FLOOR AND VERTICAL TILING TO THE TWO GABLES AND FRONT DORMERS.

Received
10 September 2026
Ward
Withyham
  1. Received10 Sep
  2. Validated11 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Oct
  5. Decided1 Oct

Decided in 20 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a garage at GAINSFORD HOUSE, CORSELEY ROAD, GROOMBRIDGE, TN3 9SF. Wealden has handled 19 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 5 weeks quicker than Wealden's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 66 applications across Withyham. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN3 postcode area.

71% of non-material amendment applications at Wealden District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN3 9SF
Application type
Non-material amendment
Parish
Withyham

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 September 2026
Target decision date
9 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Dobanti Chartered Surveyors Windmill Farm Cottage Benhall Mill Road Tunbridge Wells TN2 5JW

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs M Bucknell

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: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    11 Sep

    APPLICATION FOR A NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2026/0625/F

    This applicationRefusedNon-material amendmentWD/2026/1845/NMA
  2. 2026
    24 Mar

    PROPOSED ERECTION OF A DETACHED GARAGE WITH ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION IN THE ROOF SPACE.

    ApprovedFullPart ofWD/2026/0625/F

Source: Wealden

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