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Hawthorn Cottage Ockley Lane Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4DW

20/02168/OUTOutline ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 October 2020

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline (Access, Layout and Scale Not Reserved) - Demolition of existing garage; erection of new detached dwelling within garden of Hawthorn Cottage

Received
4 August 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
Agent
Penton Architects
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated18 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Hawthorn Cottage Ockley Lane Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4DW. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 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 4DW
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 August 2020
Consultation expiry
19 September 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Penton Architects
Architect profile
PENTON ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Home Farm Cottage Burrswood Groombridge Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9PY

Publicity

Last advertised
28 August 2020
Advertisement expiry
18 September 2020
Site notice start
28 August 2020
Site notice end
19 September 2020

Additional information

Documents
20
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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© 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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