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Groombridge Place, Groombridge Hill, Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells, TN3 9QG

WD/2024/2656/MAJMajor Application - FullWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 19 May 2026

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE OF GROOMBRIDGE PLACE AND ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS TO A HOTEL, RESTAURANT AND SPA; CONSTRUCTION OF A YOGA PAVILION, VINEYARD RESTAURANT AND ASSOCIATED STORE, GUEST ROOM HUTS, SAUNA HUTS AND A HYDRO POOL; CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIONS TO THE GREAT BARN AND COURTYARD STABLES AND A COVERED WALKWAY BETWEEN THESE BUILDINGS; RELOCATION OF THE OWL AND RAPTOR CENTRE; CONSTRUCTION OF CAR PARKING, FOOTPATHS, SUBSTATIONS, DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, PLANT STORES/DECKS AND A BIN STORE, A BOARDWALK AND JETTY; ERECTION OF POLYTUNNELS, A GLASSHOUSE AND COMPOST BAYS; LANDSCAPING; AND OTHER ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT (ACCESS ONLY WITHIN WEALDEN DISTRICT).

Received
18 November 2024
Ward
Withyham
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.3 Jan
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 547 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at GROOMBRIDGE PLACE, GROOMBRIDGE HILL, GROOMBRIDGE, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TN3 9QG. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 547 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 66 applications across Withyham. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN3 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
TN3 9QG
Application type
Major Application - Full
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Withyham

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2024
Consultation expiry
3 January 2025
Consultation start
10 December 2024
Consultation end
3 January 2025
Target decision date
17 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Sheridan House 40-43 Jewry Street Winchester Hampshire SO23 8RY

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
29 December 2024
Site notice start
10 December 2024

Additional information

Documents
224

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Tunbridge Wells
  • Registered park and garden: Groombridge Place
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.

Source: Wealden

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