Planning application
Hill Place London Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0PY
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Prior notification for the proposed change of use from offices (class E) to two dwellings (class C3)
As published by the council, reference 26/01108/PNEC
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01108/PNEC
- Type
- Prior Notification Change of use E to C
- Status
- Unknown
- Decision
- Prior Approval Granted
- Received
- 14 May 2026
- Validated
- 18 May 2026
- Decided
- 10 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Southborough And Bidborough
- Parish
- Southborough Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN4 0PY
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tunbridge Wells register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/01105/PNEC Granted
Hill Place London Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0PY
Prior notification for the proposed change of use from offices (class E) to a single dwelling (class C3)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 May 2026
Received by Tunbridge Wells
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18 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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10 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Granted
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Colin Smith Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Redhill
Active · incorporated 2013 · Redhill
34 applications on PlanIndex · across 12 councils · 61% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
21 documents on file for this application
- Site Location Plan
- Email re. Outbuilding use
- Decision Notice
- Delegated Report
- Dr Eli James(FULL)
- Mr Martin Duhig(FULL)
- Mr Martin Bain(FULL)
- Covering Email dated 30.06.2026
- Agent response to comments
- Mrs Rose Melvin(FULL)
- Mr Martin Bain(FULL)
- Southern Water Comments - Map
- Southern Water Comments
- KCC Highways Comments
- Environmental Protection
- Dr Eli James(FULL)
- Dr Jason Jeyanthan(FULL)
- ApplicationFormRedacted
- Site Location Plan
- Existing & Proposed Drawings
- Covering Letter
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tunbridge Wells granted permission on 10 July 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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