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The Walled Garden Hall House Moor Hill Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4QE

20/02536/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 December 2020

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from agricultural land to create a wildlife pond in a field of semi-improved grassland

Received
7 September 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
  1. Received7 Sep
  2. Validated14 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Walled Garden Hall House Moor Hill Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4QE. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 5 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 9 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 4QE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 October 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09040965
Documents
12
Constraints
8

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    7 Sep

    Change of use from agricultural land to create a wildlife pond in a field of semi-improved grassland

    This applicationApprovedFull20/02536/FULL
  2. 2020
    7 Sep

    EIA Screening Opinion: Change of use from agricultural land to create a wildlife pond in a field of…

    ApprovedEIA Screening OpinionRelated20/03053/ENVSCR

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    29 Oct

    Non Material Amendment in Relation to 19/01979/FULL

    ApprovedNon-material amendment20/03218/NMAMD
  2. 2019
    15 Jul

    EIA Screening Opinion - Repair, rebuilding and extension of garden boundary walls; erection of three…

    ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion19/02487/ENVSCR
  3. 2019
    12 Jul

    Repair, rebuilding and extension of garden boundary walls; erection of three replacement and new glasshouses…

    ApprovedFull Application19/01979/FULL
  4. 2018
    19 Jul

    Submission of details in relation to Condition 3 - (External Materials); Condition 5 - (Wall, Glasshouse and…

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditions18/02292/SUB
  5. 2018
    11 Jan

    Variation of Condition 2 (Approved plans) of 17/00391/FULL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)18/00109/FULL
  6. 2018
    11 Jan

    EIA Screening Opinion - Variation of Condition 2 (Approved plans) of 17/00391/FULL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)18/00111/ENVSCR

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