Planning application
Benhall Mill Depot Benhall Mill Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5JH
Works: Demolition Major scheme
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Proposal
Outline (all matters reserved except access): Construction of 20 dwellings and demolition of existing buildings
As published by the council, reference 25/00665/OUT
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00665/OUT
- Type
- Outline Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 18 Mar 2025
- Validated
- 28 May 2025
- Ward
- Pantiles
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
- Postcode
- TN2 5JH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tunbridge Wells register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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25/03050/DEMREQ Granted
Benhall Mill Depot Benhall Mill Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5JH
Prior Notification for demolition of 1 x storage shed, 1 x part portal frame structure/part brickwork structure & 1 x single storey part stone walled structure.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Mar 2025
Received by Tunbridge Wells
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28 May 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 23 July 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Tunbridge Wells took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Hazle McCormack Young LLP Agent, registered in Tunbridge Wells
Active · incorporated 2006 · Tunbridge Wells
64 applications on PlanIndex · across 11 councils · 95% granted
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
117 documents on file for this application
- Committee Minutes 11.03.2026
- Jeff Thompson
- Committee Report 11.03.2026
- BNG Assessment Report
- BNG Metric Tool
- Upper Medway Drainage Board 19.02.26
- KCC Highways 10.02.26
- KCC Development Contributions - updated 17.02.26
- KCC Development Contributions Assessment - updated 17.02.26
- Transport Statement Issue A dated 16.12.2025
- Highway Improvement Works
- KCC Highways & Transportation
- Indicative Site Plan
- KCC Flood & Water Management
- Indicative Site Plan
- Visibility Splays
- SPA for fire tender
- Environment Agency
- Surface Water Drainage Strategy Issue. B
- In Situ Infiltration Test Report
- KCC Archaeological Officer Comments
- Mrs Jude Searle(FULL)
- Arancha Bueno - attached cemetery plaque photo
- Arancha Bueno - attached FOI Exhumation Record
- Arancha Bueno - attached letter MOJ to TWBC Dec 2019
- Arancha Bueno - attached Grave Overlay Plan
- Arancha Bueno
- Kent Fire & Rescue Service
- Mr Justin Quinn(FULL)
- Justin Quinn - Plans to accompany comments
- Justin Quinn - Plans to accompany comments
- Christine Marshall
- Mr James Legon(FULL)
- Mrs Frances Leeds(FULL)
- Mrs Rebecca Maidment(FULL)
- Robert & Mary Legon
- Mrs J Whiteley(FULL)
- Mr Roger Winch(FULL)
- Elaine Lawrence
- Mr Athanasios Sermbezis(FULL)
- Mr Justin Quinn(FULL)
- Mrs Shirley Wise(FULL)
- Ms Noreen O'Meara(FULL)
- Ms Name With Council(FULL)
- Mrs Sue Sermbezis(FULL)
- Mrs Victoria Dickens(FULL)
- Mrs Helen Rathbone(FULL)
- Mr Daniel Dzenkowski(FULL)
- Ms Hilary Jane Ryland(FULL)
- Ms Catherine Eve Wright(FULL)
- Mr Robin Parsons(FULL)
- Mrs Lynne Monckton(FULL)
- Mrs Jackie Barber(FULL)
- Mr Michael James Hall(FULL)
- Nathalie Dubois Whitaker
- Mrs Cassandra Ripley(FULL)
- Mrs Linda Bateup(FULL)
- Ms Tamara Eileen Galloway(FULL)
- KCC Flood & Water Management
- Mrs Arancha Bueno(FULL)
- Mrs Lynne Monckton(FULL)
- Wealden District Council - Decision Notice
- KCC Highways Comments
- Miss Leah Kemp(FULL)
- Mr Grant Gow-Kleinschmidt(FULL)
- Ms Karen Cummins(FULL)
- Southern Water Comments
- Southern Water Comments - Map
- Transport Statement
- Southern Water Comments
- Southern Water Comments - Map
- Mr Roger Winch(FULL)
- TWBC Conservation Officer
- KCC Ecology Advice
- TWBC Conservation Officer
- Alastair Tod - Civic Society Comments
- Environmental Protection
- Upper Medway Internal Drainage Board
- Covering Email
- Demolition Plan
- Application Form
- . Kent Police
- Environment Agency Comments
- KCC Flood & Water Management
- Wealden District Council
- Ecological & Bat Survey Report
- Design and Access Statement including Heritage Statement
- Existing Site Plan
- Indicative Site Plan
- Indicative 3B5P House Type Floor Plans
- Indicative 2B 4P House Type Floor Plans
- Indicative Flat Block Floor Plans
- NHS Kent & Medway Primary Care
- KCC Development Contributions
- KCC Development Contributions - Appendix 1 - Education
- KCC Development Contributions - Appendix 1A - New School Land Costs
- KCC Development Contributions - Appendix 2 - Communities
- KCC Development Contributions - Appendix 3 - Adult Social Care
- KCC Development Contributions - Appendix 4 - Waste
- TWBC Parking Services Comments
- Kent Police
- KCC Development Contributions
- BNG Metric
- Application Form
- Design & Access Statement
- Surface Water Drainage Strategy
- Flood Risk Assessment
- Tree Survey
- BNG Assessment
- Site Location Plan
- Existing Site Plan
- Proposed Site Plan
- House Type 3B5P - Floor Plans
- House Type 2B4P - Floor Plans
- House Type Flat - Floor Plans
- Sketch Layout Plans
- Transport Statement
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Tunbridge Wells for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Tunbridge Wells decided outline applications in a median of 55 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About outline applications
An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.
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