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Bethany School Jarvis Lane Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1LB

21/03692/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 February 2022

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Reconfiguration of the existing car parking area to provide a drop-off facility for the school, alongside the removal of existing netball courts to provide additional parking, infilling of the old swimming pool and provision of a new Multi-use Games Area (MUGA).

Received
3 November 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Goudhurst & Lamberhurst
Agent
DHA Planning
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated22 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Feb

Decided in 72 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Bethany School Jarvis Lane Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1LB. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 6 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 54 other applications 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 1LB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Goudhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 November 2021
Consultation expiry
5 January 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
DHA Planning
Agent address
Eclipse House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone ME14 3EN

Publicity

Site notice start
9 December 2021
Site notice end
5 January 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10325529
Documents
18
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2021
    24 Nov

    EIA Screening Opinion - Reconfiguration of the existing car parking area to provide a drop-off facility for…

    ApprovedEIA Screening OpinionRelated21/03919/ENVSCR
  2. 2021
    3 Nov

    Reconfiguration of the existing car parking area to provide a drop-off facility for the school, alongside the…

    This applicationApprovedFull21/03692/FULL

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    18 Dec

    Variation of Conditions 4, 5 & 7 of Planning Permission 17/03135/FULL

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)25/03036/FULL
  2. 2025
    18 Dec

    Variation of Condition 13 of Planning Permission 24/01964/FULL

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)25/03037/FULL
  3. 2024
    24 Sep

    Submission of Details in relation to Condition 8 (Verification Report) of 22/01736/FULL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/02457/SUB
  4. 2024
    27 Jun

    Submission of Details in relation to Condition 12 - (External Lighting) of 22/01736/FULL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/01690/SUB
  5. 2023
    5 Jun

    Partial Submission of Details in relation to Condition 4b - (Implementation of safeguarding measures to…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions23/01496/SUB
  6. 2022
    7 Dec

    Submission of Details in relation to Condition 5 - (landscape scheme details); Condition 6 - (mitigation and…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions22/03548/SUB

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