Planning application
St Marks Recreation Ground Frant Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5LS
Relates to 25/02017/FULL
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Submission of Details in relation to Condition 29 - (watching brief) of 25/02017/FULL
As published by the council, reference 26/00175/SUB
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00175/SUB
- Type
- Submission of Details
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Application Permitted
- Received
- 27 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 29 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 19 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Pantiles
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN2 5LS
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tunbridge Wells register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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25/02017/FULL Granted
St Marks Recreation Ground Frant Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5LS
Variation of Pre-Commencement Conditions 4, 5, 9, 24 (to exclude below ground works at the approved storage building) & 29 (to allow the partial discharging of the condition in relation to individual phases) of Planning Permission 22/01866/FULL to allow for a simplified implementation route
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Jan 2026
Received by Tunbridge Wells
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29 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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19 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Application Permitted
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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25/02017/FULL Granted
St Marks Recreation Ground Frant Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5LS
Variation of Pre-Commencement Conditions 4, 5, 9, 24 (to exclude below ground works at the approved storage building) & 29 (to allow the partial discharging of the condition in relation to individual phases) of Planning Permission 22/01866/FULL to allow for a simplified implementation route
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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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7 documents on file for this application
- KCC Archaeology Comments
- Decision Notice
- Delegated Report
- WSI - updated
- ApplicationFormRedacted
- Covering Letter
- Written Scheme of Investigation: Archaeological Monitoring & Recording
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tunbridge Wells granted permission on 19 March 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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