Local Plan Consultations
Local Plan Main Modifications (closed)
Consultation dates: 17 March 2025 to 30 April 2025
What was the Main Modifications consultation about?
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council submitted its emerging Local Plan for Examination in November 2021, since when an independent Planning Inspector has been examining the Plan on behalf of the Secretary of State.
Stage 1 and 2 Hearing Sessions took place in 2022, and Stage 3 Hearing Sessions were held in June and July 2024, followed by a Public Consultation in September – October on a suite of new evidence base documents. A final Hearing Session was held in November 2024.
The council consulted on proposed ‘Main Modifications’ to the Local Plan, these being needed to make the Plan ‘Sound’ and allowing Tunbridge Wells Borough Council to proceed to adopt the new Local Plan in due course. The proposed ‘Main Modifications’ are accompanied by a Sustainability Appraisal, Habitats Regulations Assessment and other supporting consultation documents (click on Consultation Documents box below).
For more information about the Local Plan examination, please head to the council’s Examination of the Local Plan and latest news webpage.
When did the consultation take place?
The consultation period ran from Monday 17 March until midnight on Wednesday 30 April 2025, during which time representations could be made. Representations needed to be made in writing as set out below (under heading ‘How can I respond?’) and received within the consultation period.
What was consulted on?
The consultation invited comments on the following documents:
These supporting documents were available for background information only and were not open for comment
Representations received
You can view the representations made to the Consultation on proposed Main Modifications to the Local Plan on our representations and next steps webpage, along with the Councils summary and response to these.
What was the scope of this public consultation?
The public consultation was a statutory consultation being undertaken as part of the examination process.
The scope of the consultation was focussed on the council’s proposed Main Modifications, the accompanying Sustainability Appraisal, Habitats Regulations Assessment and Schedule of proposed Map Changes.
Any representations needed to address whether the proposed Main Modifications make the Local Plan legally compliant and sound.
To assist the Inspector, representations made could suggest alternative or additional modifications to the council’s proposed Main Modifications to make the emerging Local Plan sound and legally compliant. Consultation documents were supported by ‘supporting’ documents.
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Consultation Documents
Main consultation documents
- TWLP/152 Schedule of proposed Main Modifications (PDF File) 3.4 MB
- TWLP/154 Schedule of Policy and Inset Maps Changes (PDF File) 5.5 MB
- TWLP/155 Sustainability Appraisal Addendum (PDF File) 546.5 KB
- TWLP/156 Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA) March 2025 (PDF File) 3.4 MB
Supporting consultation documents
- Pre-Submission Local Plan (PDF File) 5.2 MB
- TWLP/157 Supplementary Statement (Trajectory) (PDF File) 487.5 KB
- TWLP/158 Updated Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) (PDF File) 1.6 MB
- TWLP/159 Schedule of proposed Additional Modifications March 25 (PDF File) 287.6 KB
Local Plan maps
- Policies Map (PDF File) 4.4 MB
- Inset Map Key (PDF File) 1.4 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 1a Royal Tunbridge Wells and Southborough (NW) (PDF File) 1.6 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 1b Royal Tunbridge Wells and Southborough (NE) (PDF File) 1.6 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 1c Royal Tunbridge Wells and Southborough (SW) (PDF File) 1.2 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 1d Royal Tunbridge Wells and Southborough (SE) (PDF File) 1.2 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 2 Royal Tunbridge Wells Town Centre (PDF File) 1.2 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 3 Southborough (PDF File) 1.4 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 4 Paddock Wood (PDF File) 5.7 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 5 Paddock Wood Town Centre (PDF File) 4.4 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 6 Paddock Wood Gypsy and Traveller Site(s) (PDF File) 2.9 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 7 Five Oak Green (PDF File) 1.5 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 9 Brook Farm (PDF File) 7.9 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 10 Cranbrook (PDF File) 6.2 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 11 Cranbrook Town Centre (PDF File) 5.9 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 12 Sissinghurst (PDF File) 4.5 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 13 Sissinghurst Castle Garden (PDF File) 6.2 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 14 Cranbrook Gypsy and Traveller Site(s) (PDF File) 2.1 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 15 Hawkhurst (PDF File) 4.7 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 16 Gill's Green (PDF File) 3.7 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 17 Benenden (PDF File) 4.3 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 18 Benenden Hospital (PDF File) 5.0 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 19 Bidborough (PDF File) 1.7 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 20 Brenchley (PDF File) 5.2 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 21 Matfield (PDF File) 6.5 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 22 Brenchley and Matfield Gypsy and Traveller Site(s) (PDF File) 5.6 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 23 Brenchley and Matfield Gypsy and Traveller Site(s) (PDF File) 2.8 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 24 Frittenden (PDF File) 2.5 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 25 Goudhurst (PDF File) 3.1 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 26 Horsmonden (PDF File) 3.9 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 27 Horsmonden Gypsy and Traveller Site(s) (PDF File) 1.1 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 28 Lamberhurst & Lamberhurst Down (PDF File) 5.1 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 29 Pembury (PDF File) 1.8 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 30 Rusthall (PDF File) 1.5 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 31 Sandhurst (PDF File) 3.1 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 32 Speldhurst (PDF File) 1.7 MB
- Policies Map Inset Map 33 Langton Green (PDF File) 1.5 MB
Public consultation on Tunbridge Wells Local Plan Main Modifications
- Public Notice Main Modifications Consultation March 2025 (PDF File) 141.3 KB