2 Allen Gardiner Cottage, Pembury Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 3QQ
About 2 Allen Gardiner Cottage
2 Allen Gardiner Cottage is a semi-detached house in Tunbridge Wells (TN2 3QQ). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (January 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jun 2021Tree WorksTreesIn report
Trees: OAK - Fell; YEW - Fell; HOLLY - 25% reduction; CONIFER - 25% reduction
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/01063/TPO
- Jul 2011Change of UseFullIn report
Change of use from A2 to C3 - two dwellings
- Agent
- Shephard Curtis Associates
- Documents
- 18 docs on file
- Reference
- 11/01156/FUL
What's in 2 Allen Gardiner Cottage, Pembury Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 3QQ's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
2 Allen Gardiner Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£443,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Shandon Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 20 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.2dB