Whitestocks Farm Bedgebury Road Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 2QT
Approved on 19 February 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of ground mounted solar panels
- Received
- 25 October 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Rural Tunbridge Wells
- ReceivedReceived25 Oct
- ValidatedValidated12 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided19 Feb
Decided in 99 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Whitestocks Farm Bedgebury Road Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 2QT. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 117 days, 9 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in the Portman Estate conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Rural Tunbridge Wells. 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 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- TN17 2QT
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Goudhurst Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 November 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 13 December 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Saynden Barn Five Oak Lane Staplehurst TN12 0HX
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 22 November 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 13 December 2024
- Site notice start
- 18 November 2024
- Site notice end
- 9 December 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13504113
- Documents
- 12
- Constraints
- 26
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Tunbridge Wells
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