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Old Gasworks Site Talbot Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4NA

04/00917/FULMJMajor Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 27 May 2004

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Residential development to provide 12 no. flats and 4 no. houses and 12 no.parking spaces

Received
6 April 2004
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
  1. Received6 Apr
  2. Validated6 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 May

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Old Gasworks Site Talbot Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4NA. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 717 applications in total for the TN18 postcode area.

96% of full applications at Tunbridge Wells Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN18 4NA
Application type
Major Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
12
Parish
Hawkhurst

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 April 2004
Consultation expiry
11 May 2004

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Grove Barn Grove Lane Hunton Maidstone ME15 0SE

Publicity

Last advertised
16 April 2004
Advertisement expiry
7 May 2004
Site notice start
20 April 2004
Site notice end
11 May 2004

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Ancient woodlandNext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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