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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 the Immediate Direction under Article 4 relating to Land known as Tunbridge Wells Common The Common Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent
NOTICE IS GIVEN that TUNBRIDGE WELLS BOROUGH COUNCIL confirmed an
Immediate Direction on 9th September 2026 under Article 4(1) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)
The Immediate Direction relates to development consisting of
(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 on 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) Development consisting of:
(a) the use of any land as a recreational campsite for not more than 60 days in total in any calendar year; and
(b) the provision on such land of—
(i) not more than 50 pitches; and
(ii) any moveable structure reasonably necessary for the purposes of the permitted use. Being development comprised within Class BC of Part 4 of Schedule 2 to the said Order and not being development comprised within any other Class.
The Immediate Direction removes permitted development rights for this type of development from the date it came into force on namely 13th April 2026. Planning permission will therefore be required for development relating to the above.
A copy of the Direction, including the map defining the area covered, can be viewed on the Council’s website at https://tunbridgewells.gov.uk/
planning/applications/article-4-2-directions
Carlos Hone
Head of Planning Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
9th September 2026
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