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

WD/2025/2383/MFAMajor Application - Non-compliance of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 6 January 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 2, 13, 22, 23 AND 24 OF WD/2022/1603/MAJ (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) TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL WORDING TO ENABLE LAWFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONSENT IN RELATION TO A SMALL ELEMENT OF THE PERMISSION WHILST DELAYING (OR TRIGGERING LATER) THE NEED TO DISCHARGE THE CONDITIONS FOR THE WIDER SITE.

Received
17 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Frant & Wadhurst
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.21 Nov
  4. Target19 Jan
  5. Decided6 Jan

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at ST MARKS RECREATION GROUND, FRANT ROAD, ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TN2 5LS. Wealden has handled 1,240 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 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.

88% of conditions 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 - Non-compliance of Condition
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Frant

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2025
Consultation expiry
21 November 2025
Consultation start
30 October 2025
Consultation end
21 November 2025
Target decision date
19 January 2026
Committee meeting
5 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Old Laundry Longfield Dartford Kent DA2 8EB

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
21 November 2025
Site notice start
30 October 2025

Additional information

Documents
15

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

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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