Planning application
Tunbridge Wells Rugby Football Club, Frant Road, And Land Off Bayham Road, Tunbridge Wells, And Chase Farm, Frant Road, Frant
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erection of 184 dwellings, with affordable housing, landscaping, open space, biodiversity new gain, sustainable urban drainage systems and associated earthworks and provision of vehicular and pedestrian accesses from Frant Road and Bayham Road, relocation and erection of rugby clubhouse with parking and storage with 3G artificial grass pitch, 3 senior rugby pitches, 2 junior rugby pitched and minis rugby pitches, erection of cricket pavilion, 2 cricket pitches and 5 padel courts, with parking, landscaping, biodiversity net gain, floodlighting, drainage, earthworks and access from Chase Farm (with vehicular access off Bayham Road, pedestrian access off Frant Road, and biodiversity/amenity area within Tunbridge Wells)
As published by the council, reference 26/00498/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00498/FULL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 4 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 10 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Pantiles
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tunbridge Wells register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026.
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26/00560/ADJ Awaiting decision
Tunbridge Wells Rugby Football Club, Frant Road, And Land Off Bayham Road, Tunbridge Wells, And Chase Farm, Frant Road, Frant
Adjoining Authority Consultation - Full Planning application for the erection of 184no. dwellings, with affordable housing, landscaping, open space, biodiversity net gain, sustainable urban drainage systems and associated earthworks at Tunbridge Wells Rugby Football Club and land off Bayham Road with the provision of new vehicular and pedestrian accesses from Frant Road and Bayham Road, and the relocation and erection of a new rugby clubhouse with parking and storage facility, with 1no. 3g artificial grass pitch, 3no. senior rugby pitches, 2no. junior and minis rugby pitches, the erection of a new cricket pavilion, 2no. cricket pitches and 5no. padel courts, with associated parking, landscaping, biodiversity net gain, floodlighting, and associated drainage and earthworks with new access from Bunny Lane at Chase Farm (with a new vehicular access off Bayham Road, a pedestrian access off Frant Road, and biodiversity enhancement/amenity area within the administrative area of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Mar 2026
Received by Tunbridge Wells
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10 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 5 October 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 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Esquire Developments Ltd Applicant, a developer registered in Longfield
Active · incorporated 2011 · Longfield
12 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
314 documents on file for this application
- KCC Highways Comments
- K E Arntvel
- Active Travel England
- Daniel Dzenkowski - Green Weald Alliance
- Mrs Marianne Amos(FULL)
- Ms Clare Wille(FULL)
- Mrs D Howell(FULL)
- Daniel Dzenkowski- Green Weald Alliance
- Daniel Dzenkowski- Green Weald Alliance
- Daniel Dzenkowski - Green Weald Alliance
- Daniel Dzenkowski - Green Weald Alliance
- TWBC Parking Services
- Kent Fire & Rescue Service
- Environmental Protection
- Jill Lang
- Daniel Dzenkowski- Green Weald Alliance
- Southern Water
- Southern Water
- Green Weald Alliance Response to Sport England
- . Kent Police
- Sport England
- Boundary Plan - Proposed Residential Site Area
- Site Location Plan - Chase Farm Boundary
- Off-Site Improvements - Pinewood
- Forest Road Improvements
- Frant Rd Improvements
- Joint Transport Assessment Addendum
- Environment Agency Comments
- Daniel Dzenkowski - Critical Review Transport Assessment
- Daniel Dzenkowski - Green Weald Alliance
- Evelyn Piechoczek
- . Landscape Consultations
- KCC Flood & Water Management
- Daniel Dzenkowski - Green Weald Alliance - Updated Supplementary Representations
- Daniel Dzenkowski - Green Weald Alliance - Updated Supplementary Representations
- Sport England
- Agent Cover Letter to WDC (Response to Sport England)
- Proposed Site Plan (Chase Farm)
- Proposed Clubhouse Plans
- Cricket Pavilion
- Agent Technical Note Response to Sport England Comments
- Sport England Comments Email
- Drainage Technical Note 2 - Response to KCC LLFA Comments
- Drainage Technical Note 1 - Response to ESCC LLFA Comments
- Environment Agency Comments
- Daniel Dzenkowski - Green Weald Alliance
- KCC Development Contributions - Combined Assessments
- Daniel Dzenkowski - Green Weald Alliance - Water supply resilience (corrected ve
- Southern Water Comments
- Southern Water Comments - Map
- Cllr Pamela Wilkinson
- Cllr Pamela Wilkinson & Cllr Chris Hall
- Clare Wille
- Jill Wille
- Mr SIMON BOXALL(FULL)
- Frant Parish Council
- Frant Parish Council - Objection - Enplan
- Frant Parish Council - Objection - Enplan Appendix 1
- Frant Parish Council - Objection - Enplan Appendix 2
- Mrs Caroline Stewart(FULL)
- Mr Timothy Davies(FULL)
- Mr Jonathan Stewart(FULL)
- Daniel Dzenkowski - Green Weald Alliance
- Daniel Dzenkowski - Green Weald Alliance (Email)
- KCC Archaeological Officer Comments
- Mrs Deborah TURNBULL(FULL)
- Mr Nicholas Cox(FULL)
- Mark Mallalieu CBE - Sussex Ornithological Society (WD/2025/2241/MAJ)
- Mark Mallalieu CBE - Sussex Ornithological Society (WD/2025/2873/MAJ)
- Mark Mallalieu CBE - email accompanying comments
- Miss Phoebe Stewart(FULL)
- Mr Lewis McConnell(FULL)
- KCC Flood & Water Management
- Ms S Daniels(FULL)
- Mr Malcolm McDonnell - Ramblers' Association
- Malcolm McDonnell - Ramblers' Association
- Mr Serge Valev(FULL)
- Mrs Sarah Davies(FULL)
- Environmental Protection
- Environment Agency Comments
- TWBC Planning Policy
- Patricia Gray
- Sport England Comments
- Snehasish Guha(FULL)
- Dr Simantee Guha(FULL)
- KCC Development Contributions
- KCC Development Contributions - Combined Assessments
- Mrs Helga-Maria Goulton(FULL)
- Mrs Nataliia Valeva(FULL)
- Mr Russell Payne(FULL)
- Mrs Louise Todd(FULL)
- Mr Glenn Hide(FULL)
- Mrs Jean Nightingale(FULL)
- Mrs Karen Smith(FULL)
- Troy Planning on behalf of Karim Akram & Jill Lang
- Mr Daniel Dzenkowski(FULL)
- Mrs Sarah Brand(FULL)
- Mrs Judy Guest(FULL)
- Kent Fire & Rescue Service
- The Amelia Scott - Public Art Contribution
- Appendix A - Cultural Contribution Report The Amelia Scott
- Mrs Judith Walker(FULL)
- Mr Daren Cheverton(FULL)
- Southern Water Comments
- Southern Water Comments - Map
- Southern Water Comments
- Southern Water Comments - Map
- Green Weald Alliance Consultation Response for 25/02328/FULL
- Green Weald Alliance - Wealden Draft Local Plan Regulation 18 Consultation
- Green Weald Alliance - Email to South East Water
- Green Weald Alliance - St Marks Recreation Ground Objection 1
- Green Weald Alliance - St Marks Recreation Ground Objection 2
- Kirsty Souter
- Ms Kate Griffiths(FULL)
- Mrs Sally Baker(FULL)
- Mr Karl Davis(FULL)
- Daniel Dzenkowski - Green Weald Alliance
- Daniel Dzenkowski - Green Weald Alliance
- Mrs Sarah Brand(FULL)
- KCC Highways Comments
- UK Power Networks Comments
- SGN Comments
- SGN Comments - Appendix 1 - Map
- SGN Comments - Appendix 2 - Map Key
- SGN Comments - Appendix 3 - What's Below
- SGN Comments - Appendix 4 - Dig Safely
- SGN Comments - Appendix 5 - Valve Safety Advice
- UK Power Networks Comments Email
- UK Power Networks Comments
- UK Power Networks - Appendix 1 - Map
- UK Power Networks - Appendix 2 - Excavation Leaflet
- UK Power Networks - Appendix 3 - South of England
- Environment Agency Comments
- . Kent Police
- Plot Schedule
- Accommodation Schedule
- Application Form
- Design & Access Statement
- WDC Feedback & Response
- Cover Letter
- Affordable Housing Need Statement
- Feasibility Study
- Addendum to Feasibility Report
- Air Quality Assessment
- AONB Assessment
- AONB Assessment
- AONB Assessment
- AONB Assessment
- AONB Assessment
- Tree Survey and Impact Assessment
- Technical Note: Response to WDC Arboriculture Comments
- Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment
- Flood Risk Assessment
- Technical Note - Foul Drainage
- Drainage Mitigation
- BNG Metric Calculation Tool
- BNG Assessment
- Ecological Appraisal
- Technical Note: Additional Information to Address Ecology Consultation Responses
- BNG Statement
- Heritage Impact Assessment
- Transport Assessment
- Transport Assessment
- Transport Assessment
- Transport Assessment
- Transport Assessment
- Transport Assessment
- Transport Assessment
- Transport Assessment
- Travel Plan Land at former TWRFC Land
- Travel Plan Tunbridge Wells Rugby Football Club
- Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
- Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
- Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
- Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
- Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
- Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
- Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
- Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
- Landscape Response to the High Weald National Landscape Comments
- National Landscape Assessment
- Noise Assessment
- Planning Statement
- Lighting Impact Assessment
- Floodlight Calculations
- Lighting & Light Impact Statement
- Statement of Community Involvement
- Site A - Phase 1 Desk Study
- Site A - Phase 1 Desk Study
- Site A - Phase 1 Desk Study
- Site B - Phase 1 Desk Study
- Site B - Phase 1 Desk Study
- Site B - Phase 1 Desk Study
- Site C - Phase 1 Desk Study
- Site C - Phase 1 Desk Study
- Site C - Phase 1 Desk Study
- Socio Economic Assessment
- Cricket Ball Strike Assessment
- Energy & Sustainability Statement
- Site Location Plan
- Site Location Plan - Chase Farm Site
- Boundary Plan - Proposed Residential Site Area
- Boundary Plan - Proposed Site & Borough Boundary
- Tree Constraints Plan
- Tree Constraints Plan
- Tree Protection Plan
- Tree Protection Plan
- Street Elevations - Sheet 1
- Street Elevations - Sheet 2
- Street Elevations - Sheet 3
- Street Elevations - Sheet 4
- Street Elevations - Sheet 5
- Street Elevations - Sheet 6
- Street Elevations - Sheet 7
- Street Elevations - Sheet 8
- Plot Schedule
- Summary Schedule
- Existing & Proposed Site Sections (Sheet 01)
- Existing & Proposed Site Sections (Sheet 02)
- Existing & Proposed Site Sections (Sheet 03)
- Existing & Proposed Site Sections (Sheet 04)
- Existing Site Plan
- Proposed Fire Strategy
- Proposed Parking Strategy
- Proposed Refuse Strategy
- Proposed Site Layout - Roof Plan
- Proposed Site Layout
- Proposed Tenure Strategy
- Proposed Unit Size Strategy
- External Cycle Store
- Site B - Drainage Strategy
- Sites A-C - Drainage Strategy
- Site C - Updated Drainage Proposal
- Potential Access Arrangement from Bayham Road
- Potential Access Arrangement from Frant Road
- Potential Access Arrangement from Bunny Lane
- Proposed Pedestrian/Cycle Improvements on Frant Road & Bunny Lane
- Proposed Improvements at Junctions
- Swept Path Analysis - Refuse Vehicle
- Illustrative Landscape Masterplan
- Illustrative Landscape Masterplan
- Outdoor Lighting Report
- Outdoor Lighting Report
- Horizontal Illuminance (lux)
- Spill Overlay with Padel
- Existing & Proposed Site Sections A-A
- Existing Site Sections B-B
- Proposed Site Sections B-B
- Proposed Clubhouse Plans
- Proposed Clubhouse Plans (Measurements)
- Proposed Clubhouse Elevations
- Cricket Pavilion
- Padel Court Plans & Elevations
- Groundsman Store
- Proposed Site Plan
- Proposed Site Plan (Measurements)
- Carports - Plans & Elevations
- Habitable Carports - Plans & Elevations
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