Benenden Hospital Goddards Green Road Benenden Cranbrook Kent TN17 4AX
Approved on 3 September 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Non-Material Amendment in relation to 23/03274/FULL - tenure split, boundary treatments, materials and house types
- Received
- 16 June 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden
- ReceivedReceived16 Jun
- ValidatedValidated18 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date16 Jul
- DecidedDecided3 Sep
Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Benenden Hospital Goddards Green Road Benenden Cranbrook Kent TN17 4AX. Tunbridge Wells has handled 227 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden. We hold 1,133 applications in total for the TN17 postcode area.
89% of amendment 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 4AX
- Application type
- Non Material Amendments
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Benenden Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 16 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Jennifer Begeman
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-15016109
- Documents
- 26
- Constraints
- 19
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202620 Jul
Submission of details - Condition 6 (Interim Verification Report) (Plots 1-4)of 23/03274/FULL
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01603/SUB - 202617 Jul
Submission of Details in relation to Condition 5(d) - (verification plan) of 23/03274/FULL
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01596/SUB - 202617 Jul
Submission of Details in relation to Condition 9 (closure report) of 23/03274/FULL
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01597/SUB - 20257 May
Submission of details in relation to condition 27 (boundary treatment details) of 23/03274/FULL
PendingDischarge of conditions25/01076/SUB - 202416 Dec
Submission of Details in relation to Condition 30 - (Details of External Lighting) of 23/03274/FULL
ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/03166/SUB - 202413 Dec
Submission of details in relation to condition 25 (details of hard and soft landscaping including street…
PendingDischarge of conditions24/03124/SUB
Source: Tunbridge Wells
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