St Marks Recreation Ground, Frant Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2026/8004/AA - Adjoining Authority Allocated to Officer

Proposal

Erection of 184 dwellings; new rugby clubhouse with parking and storage facility; new cricket pavilion; formation of 1 no. 3g rugby pitch, 3 no. senior rugby pitches, 2 no. junior rugby pitches; 2 no. cricket pitches and 5 no. padel courts; associated parking, landscaping, floodlighting, earthworks; new vehicular and pedestrian access points and biodiversity enhancement/amenity area. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
20 Mar 2026
Decision
Expected by 10 Apr 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 14 Sept 2026; it is now day 178.

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: Network Expansion Zone
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
Wealden
Application type
Adjoining Authority
Postcode
TN3 9HB
Received
20 Mar 2026
Validated
20 Mar 2026
Ward
Frant & Wadhurst
Parish
Frant
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Apr 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

Decision outlook

Day 178, past the statutory target. 69% of new homes in Wealden are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 8 Sept 2026.

Day 17887 days past the 91-day target
51%decided within 8 weeks
52%approved
6%go to committee

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Wealden in the last twelve months, from validation. Wealden decision record →

Wealden
Planning Authority Score
4.2/10
Below average
#188 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

Wealden ranks #132 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Wealden decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #231 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #227 of 296
69%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #132 of 296
40%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #156 of 296
66%
Minor dwellings approved
170 decided (1-9 homes)
78%
Major dwellings approved
32 decided (10+ homes)
74%
Change of use approved
82 decided
1,361
Total decisions
220 refused in the year to March 2026