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Land North Of Little Cheveney Farm Sheephurst Lane Marden Kent

26/00276/ADJAdjoining Authority ConsultationApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 31 March 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Adjoining Authority Consultation: Section 73 Application for Minor Material Amendment to Approved plans condition 2 for amendments to the layout involving the permissive footpath at west of site moved to be at least 15m from ancient woodland- a revised substation to the latest NGED design - revised access track and entrance which includes amendments to hedgerow planting- inter row spacing reduced from 3m to 2.5m- amendments to the internal access tracks, and the erection of 2no. spares containers and 3no. weather stations. Variation of condition 4 (access) to refer to the amended access swept path plan and access plans. Variation of condition 24 (permissive path) to refer to the amended general PV layout plan. Removal of condition 25 (construction traffic management plan). Discharge of conditions 8 (landscaping), 10 (arboricultural method statement), 11 (construction environmental management plan), 12 (landscape environmental management plan), and 17 (drainage strategy) pursuant to 22/501335/FULL (APP/U2235/W/23/3321094) for Installation of a renewable energy led generating station comprising of ground-mounted solar PV arrays, associated electricity generation infrastructure and other ancillary equipment comprising of storage containers, access tracks, fencing, gates and CCTV together with the creation of woodland and biodiversity enhancements.

Received
5 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Marden And Yalding
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Land North Of Little Cheveney Farm Sheephurst Lane Marden Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Marden And Yalding.

89% of outline 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

Application type
Adjoining Authority Consultation
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Collier Street

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2026

Publicity

Site notice start
6 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (21)

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, National Landscapes, 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.

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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