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Land West Of Birchfield Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent

17/03774/NMAMDNon Material AmendmentsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 8 December 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Non Material Amendment in relation to 16/07797/REM (Approval of reserved matters (Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale) following outline permission for 26 residential dwellings together with a new access and associated parking (14/00547/OUT)) - Plot 18: House type handed. Side windows revised to suit; Plot 19: House type handed. Side windows revised to suit. Utility door now in to Garage: Plot 21: Bedroom 1 and en-suite moved to driveway side and Bedroom 2 and wardrobes moved to road side. End windows amended accordingly

Received
7 November 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
  1. Received7 Nov
  2. Validated10 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Dec
  5. Decided8 Dec

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land West Of Birchfield Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 227 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 weeks quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address.

89% of amendment 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

Application type
Non Material Amendments
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
26
Parish
Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 November 2017
Target decision date
8 December 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr John Brindley 6 The Gavel Centre Porters Wood St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 6PQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06518646
Documents
10
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • 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 (20)

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

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Source: Tunbridge Wells

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