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3 West Road Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1AB

18/03078/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 December 2018

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of garden studio to B&B

Received
1 October 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Goudhurst & Lamberhurst
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Dec
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 3 West Road Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1AB. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 4 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,133 applications in total for the TN17 postcode area.

96% of full applications at Tunbridge Wells Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN17 1AB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Goudhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2018
Consultation expiry
17 December 2018
Target decision date
24 December 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 November 2018
Advertisement expiry
14 December 2018
Site notice start
26 November 2018
Site notice end
17 December 2018

Additional information

Documents
12
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Twitten CottagesOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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