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Duvals Farm Whites Lane Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 5DD

20/00223/PNRPrior Notification Class RApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 March 2020

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of an agricultural building to a flexible useFor its prior approval to:Transport and highways impactsNoise impactsContamination riskFlooding risks

Received
23 January 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Duvals Farm Whites Lane Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 5DD. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 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 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN18 5DD
Application type
Prior Notification Class R
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2020
Consultation expiry
28 February 2020
Target decision date
19 March 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
7 February 2020
Site notice end
28 February 2020

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

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.

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    26 May

    Conversion of existing farm office into residential accommodation for agricultural occupation.

    ApprovedFull Application22/01598/FULL
  2. 2021
    29 Oct

    Prior Notification for the change of use of a building and land within its curtilage from an agricultural use…

    WithdrawnPrior Notification Class Q21/03669/PNQCLA
  3. 2019
    16 Dec

    EIA Screening Opinion - Water mains replacement and extension

    ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion19/03612/ENVSCR
  4. 2018
    17 May

    EIA Screening Opinion - Replace water main

    ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion18/01591/ENVSCR
  5. 2017
    2 Jun

    EIA Screening Opinion: Proposed change of use of redundant cattle shed to pottery studio (17/01865/FULL

    ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion17/01867/ENVSCR
  6. 2017
    31 May

    Proposed change of use of redundant cattle shed to pottery studio

    ApprovedFull Application17/01865/FULL

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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