Public Notice: Draft Royal Tunbridge Wells Town Centre Plan - Vision 2040 Regulation 18 (Part 1) Consultation

Public Notice: Draft Royal Tunbridge Wells Town Centre Plan - Vision 2040 Regulation 18 (Part 1) Consultation

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council is currently preparing a Royal Tunbridge Wells Town Centre Plan. This consultation is the first stage in the process of preparing the Plan, called the Draft Royal Tunbridge Wells Town Centre Plan – Vision 2040, and the Council is seeking views on this.

Further details about the consultation (which runs from Friday 23 February to midnight on Monday 15 April 2024) including all consultation documents and Statement of Representation Procedure can be found here https://consult.tunbridgewells.gov.uk/kse/ on the Council’s consultation portal and here https://tunbridgewells.gov.uk/planning/planning-policy/rtw-town-centre-plan on the Council’s website.

Exhibitions about the consultation will be held on/at the following dates and venues:

The consultation documents (hard/paper copies)are available for public inspection during the consultation period (Friday 23 February to Monday 15 April 2024) at:

• The Amelia Scott, Mount Pleasant Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, TN1 1AW, which is open from 9am-6pm (Monday to Wednesday and on Friday), 9am-8pm on Thursday, 9am-5pm on Saturday and 10am-4pm on a Sunday (Telephone 01892 526121).

• All Parish and Town Council Offices (please check with your parish for opening times)

• All libraries across Tunbridge Wells borough (Cranbrook, Hawkhurst, Paddock Wood, Pembury, Rusthall, Sherwood, Showfields and Southborough). Please check with the particular library for opening times.

A Call for Sites is running alongside the consultation and the Council is keen to hear about any sites in Royal Tunbridge Wells town centre which might be available for development or redevelopment up to 2040. Please let us know if you know of or own a site which you would like to be considered through this process.

Representations/comments can be submitted as follows:

1.Online at https://consult.tunbridgewells.gov.uk/kse/

2.By email to RTWTownCentrePlan@TunbridgeWells.gov.uk(a downloadable form is available)

3.By post to Planning Policy, Planning Services, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1RS

Further details are available on the Council’s

Royal Tunbridge Wells Town Centre Plan webpages above.

If you have any queries or are seeking assistance,please email RTWTownCentrePlan@TunbridgeWells.gov.uk or telephone 01892 554056.