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Former Site Of Springfield Nurseries Cranbrook Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 5EE

17/02192/OUTOutline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 11 October 2019

Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline (Access not reserved) - Proposed erection of up to 24 dwellings to include garaging, parking provision, improvements to existing vehicular access, landscaping and other ancillary works

Received
30 June 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
  1. Received30 Jun
  2. Validated10 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Oct
  5. Decided11 Oct

Decided in 823 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Former Site Of Springfield Nurseries Cranbrook Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 5EE. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 717 applications in total for the TN18 postcode area.

89% of outline 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 5EE
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
24
Parish
Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 July 2017
Consultation expiry
8 September 2018
Target decision date
9 October 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
AECOM
Agent address
Aldgate Tower AECOM 8th Floor 2 Leman Street London E1 8FA

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 August 2017
Advertisement expiry
25 August 2017
Site notice start
24 August 2018
Site notice end
8 September 2018

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed and or Notice Quashed

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05953463
Documents
141
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Brownfield land register: Former Springfield Garden Centre Cranbrook Road Hawkhurst TN18 5EERegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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