Brownfield land in Tunbridge Wells: 132 sites on the register
Part of development land in Kent — 1,590 sites across 12 councils.
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council has published 132 brownfield sites in Tunbridge Wells on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 51.7 hectares with an estimated capacity of 2,973 dwellings.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Tunbridge Wells register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land at Showfields Road and Rowan Tree Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells | 7.07 | 155 | not yet |
| Land at Benenden Hospital (south of Goddards Green Road) East End | 3.07 | 59 | permissioned |
| Former Springfield Garden Centre Cranbrook Road Hawkhurst TN18 5EE | 2.25 | 40 | not yet |
| Bradleys (Speldhurst) Ltd Speldhurst Hill Speldhurst Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0NG | 2.00 | 5 | permissioned |
| Former Gas Works, Sandhurst Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, TN2 3TQ | 1.78 | 200 | not yet |
| Former Site Of Springfield Nurseries Cranbrook Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 5EE | 1.58 | 24 | permissioned |
| Turners Pie Factory, Broadwater Lane TN2 5RD | 1.35 | 100 | not yet |
| Turners Pie Factory, Broadwater Lane, Royal Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5RD | 1.35 | 100 | permissioned |
Source: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own. 8 further entries repeat the area of a site already listed (councils often record a whole site's area against each phase), so that land is counted once.
What a brownfield register actually is
Every local planning authority in England is required to keep a register of previously-developed land it considers appropriate for residential development. Part 1 lists all such sites; Part 2 sites carry permission in principle.
What it is not: an entry is not planning permission, and it is not an offer to sell. The council assessing a site as suitable says nothing about whether the owner wants to sell it or what a scheme would actually get approved. England has no zoning — the Local Plan and the Use Classes Order decide what is achievable.
The registers are public and free. They are underused mainly because each authority publishes its own separately, in its own format, so comparing more than one area by hand is painful.
Working the Tunbridge Wells register properly
- Net off the constraints first. Green belt, Flood Zone 3 and listed buildings kill more register sites than anything else. Check before you fall in love with a line on a map.
- Treat the dwelling figure as the council’s opinion. 2,973 is what the council thinks Tunbridge Wells’s register could take — your scheme, your design and the Local Plan will move it.
- Price it off recorded sales. HM Land Registry Price Paid gives you what actually sold nearby; work the residual land value from there rather than from an asking price.
- Find the owner. Register sites are rarely advertised. Ownership status is listed, and Land Registry title records do the rest.
Questions this page answers
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