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Land Adjacent To The Old Parsonage Balcombes Hill Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent

26/00229/FULLFull ApplicationPermitted
Full

Proposal

Variation of Condition 2 of Planning Permission 23/00372/FULL - change of housing mix from 2 bed apartment to 2 bed house (Plot 11 & 12)

Received
3 February 2026
Decided
16 July 2026 · Application Permitted
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural Tunbridge Wells
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target7 May
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 161 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Tunbridge Wells96% of full applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is a full planning application at Land Adjacent To The Old Parsonage Balcombes Hill Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,960 applications of this type and approves 92% of them, typically deciding them in 64 days. This one was decided in 163 days, 14 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 14 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 144 applications across Rural Tunbridge Wells.

Application Details

Reference
26/00229/FULL
Address
Land Adjacent To The Old Parsonage Balcombes Hill Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent
Local Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Application Type
Full Application
Scale / Size
Medium
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Rural Tunbridge Wells
Parish
Goudhurst Parish Council

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Ian Bull Consultancy Ltd
Agent Address
1 Mountbatten Way Brabourne Lees Ashford, TN25 6PZ

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
3 February 2026
Consultation Expiry
6 March 2026
Target Decision Date
7 May 2026
Date Decided
16 July 2026
Date Validated
5 February 2026
Date Submitted
3 February 2026
Consultation End
26 February 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Application Permitted
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
91 days

Publicity

Last Advertised
13 February 2026
Advertisement Expiry
6 March 2026
Site Notice Start
12 February 2026
Site Notice End
6 March 2026

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14659675
Documents
11
Constraints
19
Coordinates
51.112034, 0.459878
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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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 2026-10-09. 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.

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