New housing in Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
We read Tunbridge Wells Borough Council's planning register every day. We hold 14,713 of its planning applications going back to 2018, and 106 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 93% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test, below 95%, so it must publish an action plan to speed up delivery.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 93% (2025): action plan
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 14,713
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 93 | 49 | 10 |
| 2025 | 89 | 67 | 9 |
| 2024 | 108 | 65 | 13 |
| 2023 | 162 | 87 | 13 |
| 2022 | 100 | 77 | 9 |
| 2021 | 133 | 57 | 16 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 800 | Land To The North West Of Paddock Wood Tonbridge Kent EIA Scoping Opinion - Development proposals for a mixed-use development of approximately 800 dwellings, with new local centre, safeguarded educational land, sports pitches and gypsy/traveller pitches. 24/02743/EIASCO | Awaiting decision | 18 Oct 2024 |
| 360 | St Marks Recreation Ground Frant Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent EIA Screening Opinion: Provision of 360 dwellings, anticipated to comprise approximately 102 dwellings on Parcel A, 64 dwellings on Parcel B and 170 dwellings on Parcel D (160 residential dwellings plus 10 self-build… 24/02168/ENVSCR | Decided | 13 Aug 2024 |
| 314 | Land Part Of Manor Farm Lower Hayesden Lane Tonbridge Kent Adjoining Authority Consultation: Full planning application for the erection of 314 residential dwellings, commercial floor space (Use Class E) and additional car parking for Nexus School, together with associated… 26/01237/ADJ | Decided | 29 May 2026 |
| 130 | Land At Finches Farm, Five Oak Green Road, Five Oak Green, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 6RP Consultation by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council - Outline (all matters reserved except for access): The erection of 130 residential dwellings; creation of public open space, pedestrian and cycle links between Five Oak… 25/00643/CNA | Awaiting decision | 8 Apr 2025 |
| 125 | Spratsbrook Farm Eridge Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9ET Adjoining Authority Consultation: Development of 125 dwellings, with cycle and car parking areas, access point from Eridge Road, landscaping, public open space, surface water drainage features and associated works and… 26/00161/ADJ | Decided | 23 Jan 2026 |
| 125 | Spratsbrook Farm Eridge Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent EIA Screening Opinion - Development of up to 125 dwellings, a new access road, internal roads, car parking, landscaping, public open space, and other associated works and infrastructure 25/02424/ENVSCR | Decided | 8 Oct 2025 |
| 99 | Hubbles Farm Hastings Road Pembury Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4JP Outline (Access only) - Demolition of existing buildings & equestrian facilities, development of up to 99 dwellings with landscaping, cemetery expansion & associated infrastructure 24/02085/OUT | Decided | 22 Aug 2024 |
| 87 | Land North Of The A21, South & West Of Hastings Road Hastings Road Pembury Tunbridge Wells Kent EIA Screening Opinion - Development of 87no. dwellings with access, public open space & associated landscaping (24/03141/FULL) 26/00300/ENVSCR | Decided | 10 Feb 2026 |
| 68 | Land South Of Brenchley Road Brenchley Road Horsmonden Tonbridge Kent Approval of Reserved Matters (appearance, landscaping, layout & scale) following Outline permission for village hall and up to 68 dwellings and associated infrastructure 22/00296/OUT, village hall excluded 25/02758/REM | Approved | 19 Nov 2025 |
| 36 | Land South Of Corn Hall Farm High Street Cranbrook Kent 36no. residential dwellings with associated access, open space, landscaping, drainage & infrastructure works 26/00845/FULL | Decided | 20 Apr 2026 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
- Benenden
- Bidborough
- Brenchley
- Bullingstone
- Coursehorn
- Cranbrook Common
- Cranbrook (Tunbridge Wells)
- Curtisden Green
- East End
- Five Oak Green
- Frittenden
- Goudhurst
- Gun Green
- Hartley
- Hawkhurst
- Horsmonden
- Lamberhurst
- Linkhill
- Matfield
- Paddock Wood
- Pearson's Green
- Pembury
- Pipsden
- Royal Tunbridge Wells
- Rusthall and Langton Green
- Sandhurst (Tunbridge Wells)
- Sissinghurst
- Southborough
- Speldhurst
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.