Planning application
St Marks Recreation Ground Frant Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent
Withdrawn before a decision, so it carries no planning weight. A revised scheme can be submitted at any time.
Proposal
Change of use from recreational sports pitches to a biodiversity enhancement area and for use as amenity land.
As published by the council, reference 25/02328/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02328/FULL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Withdrawn As published: Application Withdrawn
- Received
- 30 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 4 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 31 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Pantiles
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tunbridge Wells register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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25/02563/ADJ Granted
St Marks Recreation Ground Frant Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent
Adjoining Authority Consultation: Variation of conditions 2, 9, 13, 22, 23 and 24 of WD/2022/1603/MAJ 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
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Sep 2025
Received by Tunbridge Wells
-
4 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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31 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Application Withdrawn
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29 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
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Esquire Developments Ltd Applicant, a developer registered in Longfield
Active · incorporated 2011 · Longfield
13 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils
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217 documents on file for this application
- Decision Notice
- Delegated Report
- Wealden District Council - Decision Notice - Raise Objection
- Environmental Protection
- Sport England
- High Weald National Landscape Unit
- The Ramblers (Sussex)
- TWBC Planning Policy
- High Weald National Landscape Partnership Comments
- KCC Flood & Water Management
- Mr Charles Spence(FULL)
- Mr David Thornton(FULL)
- Mr Alex Purnell(FULL)
- Mr James Sarjeant(FULL)
- Mr Michael Hathaway(FULL)
- Mr Tom Waghorne(FULL)
- Mr Michael Hathaway(FULL)
- Mr Sam Hawkins(FULL)
- Mr Jarrod Binsted(FULL)
- TWBC Landscape and Biodiversity Officer Comments
- Environment Agency Comments
- Covering Letter dated 04.12.2025
- BNG Metric Calculation Tool
- BNG Assessment
- Certificate B
- Existing Block Plan - Offsite BNG Enhancement Area
- Proposed Block Plan - Offsite BNG Enhancement Area
- Site Location Plan - Offsite BNG Enhancement Area
- BNG Enhancement Area
- TWBC Property & Estates
- Mrs Pamela Wilkinson(FULL)
- Mr Nick van Overstraeten(FULL)
- Mr Graham Withers(FULL)
- Mr James Hughes(FULL)
- Mr James Hughes(FULL)
- Mr Alex Padureanu(FULL)
- Mr Anthony Millward(FULL)
- Mrs Jessica Greatrex(FULL)
- Mr Paul Robbins(FULL)
- Mrs Claerwyn Hughes(FULL)
- Mr William Stewart(FULL)
- Mrs Judith Walker(FULL)
- Mrs Elaine Davis(FULL)
- Green Weald Alliance Consultation Response
- Mr Stephen Wickenden(FULL)
- Environmental Protection
- Mr Simon Hughes(FULL)
- Mr Richard Draper(FULL)
- TWBC Landscape and Biodiversity Officer Comments
- Mr Peter Walker(FULL)
- Nicola Bates(FULL)
- Mr Andrew Child(FULL)
- Mr CRAIG STRONG(FULL)
- Mr Roger Clarke(FULL)
- Mr Tim Howell(FULL)
- Mrs Tammy Samuel(FULL)
- Mr Clinton Douch(FULL)
- Mr Phil Wey(FULL)
- Mrs Pam Wrenn(FULL)
- Mrs Sarah Child(FULL)
- Mr SIMON BOXALL(FULL)
- Peter Tavner - CPRE Kent
- Mrs Helen Akram(FULL)
- Mr Adrian Rigby(FULL)
- Mr John Crees(FULL)
- Mr Andrew Maynard(FULL)
- Mr Graham Davidson(FULL)
- Mr JOHN Todd(FULL)
- Daniel Dzenkowski - Green Weald Alliance
- KCC Ecology Advice
- Mr Tim Davies(FULL)
- Mr Michael Stainfield(FULL)
- Mr David Huskisson(FULL)
- Mr Geoff Harris(FULL)
- Mrs Carole Dowling(FULL)
- Ms Lucy Walker(FULL)
- Mr Thomas Blain(FULL)
- Mrs Ruth Paul(FULL)
- Ruth Calderwood - West Kent Badger Group
- Mrs Laura Barrass(FULL)
- Mrs Elaine Lowe(FULL)
- Mrs Victoria Jennings(FULL)
- Mr Ben Bullen(FULL)
- Mrs Lucy Smith(FULL)
- Mr Christian Anderson-Ramshall(FULL)
- Kent Wildlife Trust
- Mr David Pringle(FULL)
- Miss Suzanne Robinson(FULL)
- Alastair Tod - Civic Society
- Miss Phoebe Stewart(FULL)
- Mr Oliver Fairhurst(FULL)
- Mr Lewis McConnell(FULL)
- Wealden District Council - Decision Notice - Objection
- Elizabeth Evans
- Mr Ollie Crees(FULL)
- Mr Simon Parsons(FULL)
- Mrs Rachel Daly(FULL)
- Mr James Hendley(FULL)
- Mr ROBERT Harrison(FULL)
- Mr Jonathan Lott(FULL)
- Mr victor webb(FULL)
- Mr John Lynch(FULL)
- Application Form - Certificate B (Additional Notice)
- Mr Matthew Logan(FULL)
- Mr stephen daly(FULL)
- Mr Andrew Raine(FULL)
- Mr Keith Bassi(FULL)
- Mrs Sue Wheeler(FULL)
- Mr Nigel Wood(FULL)
- Mr richard Bains(FULL)
- Mrs Olga Pushkina(FULL)
- Mr David Wells(FULL)
- Mr Stuart Montgomery(FULL)
- Mr Alex Nicholson(FULL)
- Mr Clifford Goldberg(FULL)
- Mrs Claire Moore(FULL)
- Mr Karim Akram(FULL)
- Mr Mike Rigby(FULL)
- Jill Wille
- Cllr Deborah Park - Frant Parish Council
- Mrs Emma van Rooyen(FULL)
- Ms Jane Aboyoun(FULL)
- BNG Metric (November 2025)
- Mrs Jane Robinson(FULL)
- Mr Glenn Hide(FULL)
- Mrs Anna Laila Pace(FULL)
- Mr Thomas Robinson(FULL)
- Sarah Garwood
- Mrs Deborah Park(FULL)
- Mrs Flavia Brown(FULL)
- Jeremy Clapham on behalf of Tunbridge Wells Green Party
- Sport England Comments
- Mrs Deborah TURNBULL(FULL)
- Mrs Heather Gardner(FULL)
- Mr Gary Mead(FULL)
- Mrs Karen Smith(FULL)
- Mr John Hurst(FULL)
- Mrs Sharon Hunt(FULL)
- Mrs Judy Guest(FULL)
- Mrs Antoinette Gambonini Slattery(FULL)
- Mr Matthieu Granjon(FULL)
- Ms Kirsty Souter(FULL)
- Troy Planning on behalf of Green Weald Alliance
- Ms Eleanor Macdonald(FULL)
- Mr Jeremy Parks(FULL)
- Mr Stan Valev(FULL)
- Mr John Moulange(FULL)
- Simon Padley
- Mr James Walter(FULL)
- Mrs Emma Bennett(FULL)
- Mr Gregory Wapling(FULL)
- Mrs Charlotte Walter(FULL)
- Mrs Sheila Bates(FULL)
- Patricia Gray(FULL)
- Daniel Dzenkowski - Green Weald Alliance
- Ms Clare Wille(FULL)
- Mr Toby Goddard(FULL)
- Dr Simantee Guha(FULL)
- Mrs Mary Hughes(FULL)
- Mr John Nightingale(FULL)
- Mrs Claire O'Grady(FULL)
- Lucy Oates
- Colin & Stephanie Skinner
- Jenni Roberts
- Mrs Amethyst ONeill(FULL)
- Mr Wynford Turnbull(FULL)
- Mr David Paul(FULL)
- Snehasish Guha(FULL)
- Mr Derek Freeman(FULL)
- Mrs Natasha Vale(FULL)
- Mr Colin Albright(FULL)
- Dr May Mahmood(FULL)
- Ms S Daniels(FULL)
- KCC Flood & Water Management
- Wealden District Council Consultation
- Ms Emily Hill(FULL)
- Mr Daren Cheverton(FULL)
- Mrs Marianne Amos(FULL)
- Miss Tabitha Goddard(FULL)
- Mrs Margot Hendry(FULL)
- Mrs Sarah Brand(FULL)
- Mr Jonathan Hill(FULL)
- Mrs Gillian Hill(FULL)
- Mr Tom Goddard(FULL)
- Mrs Katrina Cheverton(FULL)
- Mr Richard McCarthy(FULL)
- Mr Richard Wheeler(FULL)
- Dr Adam Ward(FULL)
- Mr Nicholas Cox(FULL)
- Mrs Dominika Litak(FULL)
- Mr Charles Wadsworth(FULL)
- Mr Neal Hunt(FULL)
- Mr Jonathan Stewart(FULL)
- John Wallace
- Mrs Jill Lang(FULL)
- Mr Keith Chalmers(FULL)
- Mr Serge Valev(FULL)
- Mr Callum Chalmers(FULL)
- Mr Daniel Dzenkowski(FULL)
- Sarah Martin(FULL)
- Mr Martin Ridgley(FULL)
- Mrs Caroline Stewart(FULL)
- Mrs Carole Freeman(FULL)
- KCC Flood & Water Management
- Mr Russell Payne(FULL)
- Mr John Telling(FULL)
- Environment Agency
- Existing Block Plan
- Proposed Block Plan
- Site Location Plan
- BNG Metric
- Application Form Redacted
- BNG Offset Boundary
- Ecological Appraisal
- BNG Enhancement Area
- Biodiversity Net Gain Assessment
- Cover letter
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