Planning application
St Johns Methodist Church Vale Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0QH
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Submission of Details in relation to Condition 13 parts 1 & 2 - (Site Investigation & RMS) of 23/02976/FULL
As published by the council, reference 26/00125/SUB
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00125/SUB
- Type
- Submission of Details
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Application Permitted
- Received
- 20 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 23 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 18 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Southborough And Bidborough
- Parish
- Southborough Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN4 0QH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tunbridge Wells register
This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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26/01260/NMAMD Granted
St Johns Methodist Church Vale Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0QH
Non-Material Amendment in relation to 23/02976/FULL - (Amendments to refuse strategy & pathways; relocation of bicycle stores; addition of railings & retaining walls; replacement of Plot 8's bicycle store with private garden area)
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26/00637/NMAMD Granted
St Johns Methodist Church Vale Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0QH
Non-Material Amendment in relation to 23/02976/FULL - (Unit 1: small terrace & door removed; Unit 1 - 4: relocation of windows; Unit 5: addition of window; Unit 7: addition of windows, replacement of doors with window; Unit 8: addition of rooflight)
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25/03008/SUB Granted
St Johns Methodist Church Vale Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0QH
Submission of details in relation to condition 3 (external materials schedule & site levels) of 23/02976/FULL.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Jan 2026
Received by Tunbridge Wells
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23 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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18 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Application Permitted
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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- Application: 23/02976/FULL (Decided)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
- Decision Notice
- Delegated Report
- Environmental Protection(FULL)
- Application Form
- Remediation Method Statement
- Main Investigation Report
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tunbridge Wells granted permission on 18 February 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 condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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