Spratsbrook Farm, Eridge Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, TN3 9ET Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2026/8003/AA - Adjoining Authority Allocated to Officer

Proposal

Development of 125 dwellings, with cycle and car parking areas, access point from Eridge Road, landscaping, public open space, surface water drainage features and associated works and infrastructure. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 9 Sept 2026, 10:11

Application progress

✓

Received

23 Jan 2026

Decision

Expected by 13 Feb 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 12 Sept 2026; it is now day 232.

Documents 1

Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: Ramslye Old Farm House

List entry 1338782 · 12 m from the pin

Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Historic England ↗

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. A site survey can differ.

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 Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

National landscape 34 m away: High Weald

Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.

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.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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 9ET
Received: 23 Jan 2026
Validated: 23 Jan 2026
Parish: Frant
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 13 Feb 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

Decision outlook

Day 232, past the statutory target. 93% of commercial and major works 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 9 Sept 2026.

target

predicted

Day 232141 days past the 91-day target

79%decided within 8 weeks

79%approved

31decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works 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