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St Marks Recreation Ground, Frant Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5LS

WD/2022/1603/MAJMajor Application - FullApproved
Full

Approved on 15 September 2023

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

FULL PLANNING APPLICATION TO INCLUDE: CONSTRUCTION OF A 3G ARTIFICIAL GRASS PITCH; ERECTION OF A STORAGE BUILDING; CONSTRUCTION OF A CRICKET PAVILION; PROVISION OF 76 ADDITIONAL CAR PARKING SPACES; CHANGE OF USE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND TO A CRICKET PITCH AND OUTFIELD UNDER RECREATIONAL USE (USE CLASS F.2(C); AND RETROSPECTIVE ERECTION OF A DECKING AREA AND PERGOLA.

Received
20 June 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Frant & Wadhurst
  1. Received20 Jun
  2. Validated19 Jul
  3. Consult.22 Aug
  4. Target15 Sep
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 423 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at ST MARKS RECREATION GROUND, FRANT ROAD, ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TN2 5LS. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 452 days, 57 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 127 applications across Frant & Wadhurst. We hold 1,580 applications in total for the TN2 postcode area.

86% of full applications at Wealden District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN2 5LS
Application type
Major Application - Full
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Frant

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 July 2022
Consultation expiry
22 August 2023
Consultation start
2 March 2023
Consultation end
22 August 2023
Target decision date
15 September 2023
Committee meeting
14 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Strutt and Parker 201 High Street Lewes BN7 2NR

Planning decision

Statutory period
423 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
3 September 2022
Site notice start
2 March 2023
Site notice end
23 March 2023

Additional information

Documents
103

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

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© 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. 2026
    27 Jan

    APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 9 ATTACHED TO WD/2025/2383/MFA

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsWD/2026/0175/CD
  2. 2025
    17 Oct

    VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 2, 13, 22, 23 AND 24 OF WD/2022/1603/MAJ

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)WD/2025/2383/MFA
  3. 2022
    20 Jun

    FULL PLANNING APPLICATION TO INCLUDE: CONSTRUCTION OF A 3G ARTIFICIAL GRASS PITCH; ERECTION OF A STORAGE…

    This applicationApprovedFullWD/2022/1603/MAJ

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