Walled Garden Bedgebury Pinetum Bedgebury Road Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 2SJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00713/SUB - Submission of Details Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Submission of Details in relation to Condition 5 - (landscaping) of Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
31 Mar 2026
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Validated
2 Apr 2026
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Approved
28 Apr 2026

Approved on 28 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Decision · 28 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Delegated Report Delegated Report · 28 Apr 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF TWBC Landscape & Biodiversity Officer Comments Consultee Comment · 27 Apr 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted Application Details · 31 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 3

High Weald National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Ancient Semi Natural Woodland
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Tunbridge Wells
Application type
Submission of Details
Postcode
TN17 2SJ
Received
31 Mar 2026
Validated
2 Apr 2026
Ward
Rural Tunbridge Wells
Parish
Goudhurst Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 May 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
28 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Forestry England

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14822315
Comments by
29 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

14 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022 Approved
Expansion of car park and installation of new foot path
22/00487/FULL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Walled Garden Bedgebury Pinetum Bedgebury Road Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent
Electricity Notification - Proposed substation
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2025 Approved
Walled Garden Bedgebury Pinetum Bedgebury Road Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent
Electricity Notification - Proposed substation
25/02437/ELEC
2025 Approved
Walled Garden Bedgebury Pinetum Bedgebury Road Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent
Submission of Details in relation to Condition 3 - (Construction environmental management…
25/00902/SUB
2025 Approved
Walled Garden Bedgebury Pinetum Bedgebury Road Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent
Submission of Details in relation to Condition 3 - (Construction environmental management…
25/00902/SUB
2019 Approved
Walled Garden Bedgebury Pinetum Bedgebury Road Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent
EIA Screening Opinion - Relocate an existing temporary modular building to a new permanen…
20/00486/ENVSCR
2019 Approved
Walled Garden Bedgebury Pinetum Bedgebury Road Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent
EIA Screening Opinion - Relocate an existing temporary modular building to a new permanen…
20/00486/ENVSCR
2021 Approved
The Walled Garden Bedgebury National Pinetum Lady Oak Lane Goudhurst Kent, TN17 2SJ
Prior Notification for demolition of a derelict portacabin
21/03780/DEMREQ
2019 Approved
Bedgebury Pinetum, Walled Garden Bedgebury Road Goudhurst Cranbrook TN17 2SJ
Relocate an existing temporary modular building to a new permanent location in the Bedgeb…
19/03609/FULL
2019 Approved
Bedgebury Pinetum, Walled Garden Bedgebury Road Goudhurst Cranbrook TN17 2SJ
Relocate an existing temporary modular building to a new permanent location in the Bedgeb…
19/03609/FULL
2016 Approved
Walled Garden Bedgebury Pinetum Bedgebury Road Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent
Outline (Access and layout not reserved) - Construction of a permanent office and trainin…
16/06269/OUT
2016 Approved
Walled Garden Bedgebury Pinetum Bedgebury Road Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent
Temporary retention of two office and training/education buildings in the Walled Garden f…
16/06270/FULL
2016 Approved
Walled Garden Bedgebury Pinetum Bedgebury Road Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent
EIA Screening Opinion - Temporary retention of two office and training/education building…
16/06330/ENVSCR
2016 Approved
Bedgebury Pinetum Lady Oak Lane Flimwell Wadhurst Kent
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Tunbridge Wells
Planning Authority Score
8.7/10
Excellent
#13 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Tunbridge Wells is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #26 out of 296. Only 25% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

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Tunbridge Wells decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #69 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #63 of 296
84%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #26 of 296
25%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #32 of 296
85%
Minor dwellings approved
150 decided (1-9 homes)
82%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
96%
Change of use approved
47 decided
1,178
Total decisions
83 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings