Planning application
Land At Pinewood Farm Frant Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9HB
Works: New dwelling Major scheme
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
Adjoining Authority Consultation - The erection of 178 no. dwellings with affordable housing including 11 no. self-build plots and a children's nursery or GP surgery (class e), landscaping, open space, biodiversity net gain, sustainable urban drainage system and associated earthworks with new vehicular and pedestrian accesses from Frant Road.
As published by the council, reference 26/00130/ADJ
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00130/ADJ
- Type
- Adjoining Authority Consultation
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Objections
- Received
- 16 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 16 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 18 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Outside All Boroughs
- Parish
- Outside Borough
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
- Postcode
- TN3 9HB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Jan 2026
Received by Tunbridge Wells
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18 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Objections
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
16 documents on file for this application
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