Bidborough Primary School Spring Lane Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0UE
Approved on 9 July 2025
Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
KCC Consultation - Biodiversity Gain Plan
- Received
- 3 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Southborough And Bidborough
- ReceivedReceived3 Jul
- ValidatedValidated3 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided9 Jul
Decided in 6 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a planning application at Bidborough Primary School Spring Lane Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0UE. Tunbridge Wells has handled 58 applications of this type. This one was decided in 6 days, 7 weeks quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Southborough And Bidborough. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN3 postcode area.
96% of all 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
- TN3 0UE
- Application type
- County Matters
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bidborough Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 July 2025
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 4 July 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 25
- Constraints
- 19
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Tunbridge WellsPart of the site
- National Landscape (AONB): High WealdPart of the site
- 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 (18)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Planning history at this site
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202511 Jul
KCC Consultation - Details of External Materials (Condition 3) & Construction Management Plan (Condition 12)…
ApprovedCounty Matters25/01671/COUNTY - 202425 Oct
KCC Consultation - A two classroom replacement building
ApprovedCounty Matters24/02744/COUNTY - 20233 Nov
KCC Consultation - Details of a Verification Report pertaining to the surface water drainage system pursuant…
ApprovedCounty Matters23/02990/COUNTY - 202317 Jul
Consultation from Kent County Council - Details of a Sustainable Surface Water Drainage Scheme for the site…
ApprovedCounty Matters23/01917/COUNTY - 202323 Jun
Consultation from Kent County Council - Details of Biodiversity Enhancement Plan (Condition 7) and details of…
ApprovedCounty Matters23/01731/COUNTY - 202210 Nov
Consultation from Kent County Council: The construction of new 3G synthetic turf multi-use games area and…
ApprovedCounty Matters22/03310/COUNTY - 202115 Sep
Consultation with Kent County Council - Proposed pathway and fencing improvements to facilitate safer…
ApprovedCounty Matters21/03157/COUNTY
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