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Crowbourne Farm Smiths Lane Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1ET

18/03641/ENVSCREIA Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 January 2019

Council decision: Environmental Impact Assessment Not Req.Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of land from agricultural to parking for holiday let including night lights to assist parking on timers (works commenced)

Received
21 November 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Goudhurst & Lamberhurst
Agent
Chris Saunders Associates
  1. Received21 Nov
  2. Validated22 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Dec
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Crowbourne Farm Smiths Lane Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1ET. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,133 applications in total for the TN17 postcode area.

89% of outline applications at Tunbridge Wells Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN17 1ET
Application type
EIA Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Goudhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 November 2018
Target decision date
13 December 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Chris Saunders Associates
Architect profile
CHRIS SAUNDERS ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
Office 16 Apple Pie Farm Cranbrook Road Benenden, TN17 4EU

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (18)

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, 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

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© 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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