Planning application
Unit 1 Crundalls Farm Gedges Hill Matfield Tonbridge Kent TN12 7EA
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Demolition of existing buildings & erection of replacement office/research building, with associated parking and landscaping
As published by the council, reference 26/01479/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01479/FULL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 1 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 3 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Rural Tunbridge Wells
- Parish
- Brenchley & Matfield Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN12 7EA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Jul 2026
Received by Tunbridge Wells
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3 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 28 August 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Tunbridge Wells took a median of 53 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Maple Planning & Development Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Tunbridge Wells
Active · incorporated 2018 · Tunbridge Wells
33 applications on PlanIndex · across 12 councils · 91% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
37 documents on file for this application
- National Highways Comments Email
- . Brenchley and Matfield PC .(FULL)
- KCC Highways Comments
- Environmental Protection(FULL)
- Environmental Protection(FULL)
- Kent Police
- Southern Water Comments
- Southern Water Comments - Map
- BNG Metric Calculation Tool
- KCC Flood & Water Management
- Site Notices
- Proposed East & North Elevations
- Proposed West & South Elevations
- Proposed Lower Ground Floor Plan
- Proposed Ground Floor Plan
- Proposed Site Layout incl. Roof Plan
- Application Form Redacted
- Appendix 1 - Landscape & Visual Appraisal
- Bat Survey & Mitigation Strategy
- Condition Assessments
- Site Location Plan
- Proposed CGI
- BNG Areas Plan
- Topographical Survey
- Existing Ground & First Floor Plans
- Preliminary Ecological Appraisal
- Landscape & Visual Appraisal
- Arboricultural Impact Assessment & Method Statement
- Existing East Elevation & Section A-A
- Design & Access Statement
- Existing & Proposed Block Plans
- Landscape Strategy
- Biodiversity Gain Statement
- Existing North & West Elevations
- Planning Statement
- Existing South Elevation & Section B-B
- Figures
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Tunbridge Wells for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Tunbridge Wells decided full applications in a median of 58 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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