Planning application
Benhall Mill Depot Benhall Mill Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5JH
Works: Demolition Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
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.
As published by the council, reference 25/03050/DEMREQ
Application record
- Reference
- 25/03050/DEMREQ
- Type
- Demolition Prior Approval Notification
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior Approval Not Required
- Received
- 19 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 19 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 14 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Pantiles
- Decision by
- Delegated 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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25/00665/OUT Awaiting decision
Benhall Mill Depot Benhall Mill Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5JH
Outline (all matters reserved except access): Construction of 20 dwellings and demolition of existing buildings
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Dec 2025
Received by Tunbridge Wells
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14 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Not Required
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
- Mr Alastair Tod
- Decision Notice
- Delegated Report
- Environmental Protection
- Site Notice for prior notification of demolition
- Covering Letter
- Photographs
- ApplicationFormRedacted
- Site Location Plan
- Planning notice 2
- Planning notice 3
- Planning Notice 7
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tunbridge Wells granted permission on 14 January 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. 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.
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