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Apex Project 128 - 130 London Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0PL

Granted Tunbridge Wells 26/00544/LAWPRO Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Use of ground floor as a single dwelling (Class C3)

As published by the council, reference 26/00544/LAWPRO

Application record

Reference
26/00544/LAWPRO
Type
Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
Status
Decided
Decision
Application Permitted
Received
10 Mar 2026
Validated
12 Mar 2026
Decided
27 Apr 2026
Ward
Southborough And Bidborough
Parish
Southborough Town Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
TN4 0PL

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 10 Mar 2026

    Received by Tunbridge Wells

  2. 12 Mar 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 27 Apr 2026

    Decision issued: Application Permitted

  4. 11 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, a planning consultancy registered in Hove

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Documents

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

10 documents on file for this application

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What a grant of permission means

The process from here

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

About lawful development applications

How this application type works

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

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