Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

53 Grosvenor Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 2AY

Refused Tunbridge Wells 24/02117/PNEC Prior Notification Change of use E to C

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Prior notification for the proposed change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 1no. dwellinghouse (Use Class C3)

As published by the council, reference 24/02117/PNEC

Application record

Reference
24/02117/PNEC
Type
Prior Notification Change of use E to C
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Application Refused
Received
14 Aug 2024
Validated
20 Aug 2024
Decided
11 Oct 2024
Ward
Culverden
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
TN1 2AY

Site history

Applications at this address on the Tunbridge Wells register

This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 2 approved, 1 refused.

  • 26/00670/FULL Granted

    53 Grosvenor Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 2AY

    Single storey rear extension between existing rear projections

    Decided 20 May 2026 Full applications
  • 25/02263/FULL Granted

    53 Grosvenor Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 2AY

    Construction of a new dwelling attached to the rear of the existing building & associated works

    Decided 27 Nov 2025 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 14 Aug 2024

    Received by Tunbridge Wells

  2. 20 Aug 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 11 Oct 2024

    Decision issued: Application Refused

  4. 8 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

CPA Design Agent, a design practice registered in Basingstoke

Dissolved · incorporated 2014 · Basingstoke

11 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils · 90% granted

Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.

See their track record

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

10 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.

Open the documents

What this refusal means

Tunbridge Wells refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

In Tunbridge Wells

  • 26/01953/PNR Awaiting decision

    Clayhill Farm Clayhill Road Lamberhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 8AZ

    Prior notification: change of use of agricultural building to B8 storage use

    Received 2 Sep, published by the council 4 Sep 2026 Prior approval
  • 26/01507/PNEC Granted

    The Lodge On The Common London Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5BF

    Prior Notification for change of use from offices (Class E) to 4 No. dwellings (Class C3)

    Received 3 Jul, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Prior approval
  • 26/01200/PNG Withdrawn

    132 - 134 Camden Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 2QZ

    Prior Notification for the change of use of a building from a use falling within Class E (commercial, business and service), or betting office or pay day loan shop; to mixed use including 1No. flat on first floor and part of ground floor (use Class C3)

    Received 27 May, published by the council 11 Aug 2026 Prior approval
  • 26/01105/PNEC Granted

    Hill Place London Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0PY

    Prior notification for the proposed change of use from offices (class E) to a single dwelling (class C3)

    Received 14 May, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Prior approval
  • 26/01108/PNEC Granted

    Hill Place London Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0PY

    Prior notification for the proposed change of use from offices (class E) to two dwellings (class C3)

    Received 14 May, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Prior approval