Planning application
Mays Wood Place Vauxhall Lane Tonbridge Kent TN11 0ND
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) - Use of building as a dwellinghouse
As published by the council, reference 26/00877/LDCEX
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00877/LDCEX
- Type
- Lawful Development Cert. (Existing)
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Application Refused
- Received
- 21 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 22 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 17 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Pembury And Capel
- Parish
- Capel Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN11 0ND
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Apr 2026
Received by Tunbridge Wells
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22 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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17 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Application Refused
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
17 documents on file for this application
- Decision Notice
- Delegated Report
- Applicant Comments
- ApplicationFormRedacted
- Site Location Plan
- Existing Block Plan
- Photographs Outside of the Building
- Photographs Inside of the Building
- Side & Front Elevations
- Side & Rear Elevations
- Existing Floor Plan
- Statutory Declaration (Springett)
- Statutory Declaration (Buckle)
- Planning Statement
- Photographs of the Internal Shower
- Statutory Declaration (Delaney)
- Statutory Declaration (Larter)
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Tunbridge Wells refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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