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Bethany School Jarvis Lane Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1LB

25/03037/FULLFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full

Proposal

Variation of Condition 13 of Planning Permission 24/01964/FULL to allow non-school use of the Performing Arts Centre.

Received
18 December 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Rural Tunbridge Wells
Agent
DHA Planning
  1. Received18 Dec
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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. It has been with the council since 18 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 54 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 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
5 January 2026
Consultation expiry
11 February 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Publicity

Last advertised
16 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
6 February 2026
Site notice start
21 January 2026
Site notice end
11 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14232851
Documents
15
Constraints
18

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. 2025
    18 Dec

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

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongside25/03036/FULL
  2. 2025
    18 Dec

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

    This applicationPendingVariation of conditions (s73)25/03037/FULL

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    24 Sep

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

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/02457/SUB
  2. 2024
    27 Jun

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

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/01690/SUB
  3. 2023
    5 Jun

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

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions23/01496/SUB
  4. 2022
    7 Dec

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

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions22/03548/SUB
  5. 2022
    3 Oct

    Submission of details in relation to condition 3 (External materials), 4 (Archaeology reports and…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions22/02938/SUB
  6. 2022
    8 Jun

    Alterations to approved application 21/00427/FULL

    ApprovedFull Application22/01736/FULL

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