Tunbridge Wells planning news
Tunbridge Wells planning news, newest first: applications, appeals and committee decisions, each story linked back to the council file.
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Tunbridge Wells Council This Week: Permit Parking, Water
Permit parking for 2,884 homes around St John's Road is back before councillors on Monday. Wednesday: the South East Water report and new planning rules.
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The Forum Plans Step-Free Extension on the Common
The Forum wants a step-free rear extension with a bigger accessible toilet, more women's toilets and heat pumps. Comments close 21 October; both so far support it.
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Spratsbrook Farm: 125 Homes Approved 5-1 on Eridge Road
Councillors voted 5-1 for 125 homes at Spratsbrook Farm on Eridge Road, with 50 affordable and a 16ha park. What the A26 crossing row and £1.4m deal mean.
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Hendy Ford Site, Mount Ephraim: 104 Homes Approved
104 homes in blocks of up to seven storeys will replace the empty Hendy Ford garage on Mount Ephraim, with 40 parking spaces and Culverden Street one-way.
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Tunbridge Wells Local Plan: 1,098 New Homes a Year
The government's figure for the borough is now 1,098 homes a year, 62% above the plan adopted in December. Land can be put forward until 28 September.
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Tunbridge Wells Common: The Lodge approved for four flats
Four flats were approved at The Lodge on the Common on 21 August, by a route that could not weigh the objections from the Forum and the Commons Conservators.
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St James Medical Centre to become a four-bedroom house
Tunbridge Wells council has approved turning the St James Medical Centre on Carlton Road into a four-bedroom house. The NHS has still to sign off the closure.