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Bethany School Jarvis Lane Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1LB

Awaiting decision Tunbridge Wells 25/03037/FULL Full Application

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Proposal

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

As published by the council, reference 25/03037/FULL

Application record

Reference
25/03037/FULL
Type
Full Application
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
18 Dec 2025
Validated
5 Jan 2026
Ward
Rural Tunbridge Wells
Parish
Goudhurst Parish Council
Decision by
Committee 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.

  • 25/03036/FULL Awaiting decision

    Bethany School Jarvis Lane Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1LB

    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.

    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. 5 Jan 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 11 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 2 March 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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19 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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  • Bethany School Jarvis Lane Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1LB

    24/01690/SUB Submitted 27 Jun 2024 0m away

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

    Granted Conditions 17 docs

  • Bethany School Jarvis Lane Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1LB

    25/03036/FULL Submitted 18 Dec 2025 105m away

    94% historically approved · decision due ~16 Feb

    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.

    Awaiting decision Full applications 21 docs

  • Bethany School Jarvis Lane Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1LB

    22/02554/FULL Submitted 23 Aug 2022 112m away

    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.

    Granted Full applications Demolition 48 docs

  • Three Oaks Curtisden Green Lane Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1LE

    25/02027/LAWPRO Submitted 26 Aug 2025 230m away

    Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Demolition and replacement of garden outbuilding

    Granted Lawful development Demolition 9 docs

  • Three Oaks Curtisden Green Lane Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1LE

    25/02542/LAWPRO Submitted 20 Oct 2025 233m away

    Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Stationing of shepherds hut within the residential curtilage for purposes incidental to the main dwelling.

    Granted Lawful development 9 docs
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  • The Oast House Curtisden Green Lane Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1LL

    07/01345/FUL Submitted 19 Apr 2007 244m away

    Demolish and reconstruct existing barn linking roundels and square oasts; Alteration to garage approved under TW/06/02313 to include store

    Granted Full applications Demolition 23 docs

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