Tunbridge Wells, Town & Country Planning
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TUNBRIDGE WELLS BOROUGH COUNCIL
Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England)
Order 2015 as amended
Notice of the Confirmation of an Immediate Direction under Article 4 relating to
LAND SOUTH EAST OF REDWINGS LANE, PEMBURY, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN2 4AR
NOTICE IS GIVEN that TUNBRIDGE WELLS BOROUGH COUNCIL CONFIRMED
an Immediate Direction on 23RD September 2025 under Article 4(1) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)
The Immediate Direction removes permitted development rights for this type of development from the date it came into force namely
(i) The erection, construction, improvement or alteration of a gate, fence, wall or other means of enclosure, being development comprised within Class A of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the said Order and not being development comprised within any other Class (maintenance of an existing gate, fence, wall or other means of enclosure does not require permission granted by an application).
(ii) The formation, laying out and construction of a means of access to a highway which is not a trunk road or classified road, where that access is required in connection with development permitted by any Class in Schedule 2 to the said Order other than Class A of Part 2, being development comprised within Class B of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the said Order and not being development comprised within any other Class.
(iii) The use of any land for any purpose for not more than 28 days in total in any calendar year, of which not more than 14 days in total may be for the purposes of (a) the holding of a market and/or (b) motor car and motorcycle racing including trials of speed and practicing for these activities, and the provision on the land of any moveable structure for the purposes of the permitted use, being development comprised within Class B of Part 4 of Schedule 2 to the said Order and not being development comprised within
any other Class.
A copy of the Direction, including the map defining the area covered, can be viewed on the Council’s website at Permitted development (tunbridgewells.gov.uk)
The immediate Direction came into force on 3rd June 2025.
Carlos Hone
Head of Planning
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
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