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Bethany School Jarvis Lane Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1LB

Awaiting decision Tunbridge Wells 25/03036/FULL Full Application

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Proposal

Variation of Conditions 4, 5 & 7 of Planning Permission 17/03135/FULL to include: increase to hours of external non-Bethany school use (and scope of user outside these times); increase to number of permitted external community group users and removal of limitation on number of such users in any one day; removal of geographical and timing restrictions of public users.

As published by the council, reference 25/03036/FULL

Application record

Reference
25/03036/FULL
Type
Full Application
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
18 Dec 2025
Validated
22 Dec 2025
Ward
Rural Tunbridge Wells
Parish
Goudhurst Parish Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
TN17 1LB

Site history

Applications at this address on the Tunbridge Wells register

This site has had 4 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 25/03037/FULL Awaiting decision

    Bethany School Jarvis Lane Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1LB

    Variation of Condition 13 of Planning Permission 24/01964/FULL to allow non-school use of the Performing Arts Centre.

    Submitted 18 Dec 2025 Full applications
  • 24/01690/SUB Granted

    Bethany School Jarvis Lane Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1LB

    Submission of Details in relation to Condition 12 - (External Lighting) of 22/01736/FULL

    Decided 10 Sep 2024 Conditions
  • 22/02554/FULL Granted

    Bethany School Jarvis Lane Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1LB

    Demolition of existing boarding house (Pengelly House) and construction of a three-storey replacement boarding house comprising accommodation for up to 50 pupils, alongside staff accommodation and associated boarding house facilities, alongside parking and landscaping works.

    Decided 22 Dec 2022 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Dec 2025

    Received by Tunbridge Wells

  2. 22 Dec 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 11 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 16 February 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Tunbridge Wells took a median of 53 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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Agent on file, a planning consultancy registered in Maidstone

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Documents

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21 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Tunbridge Wells for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Tunbridge Wells decided full applications in a median of 59 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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