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Methodist Church Highgate Hill Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4LB

21/02476/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 13 December 2021

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use of Redundant Methodist Church to single dwelling with parking.

Received
19 July 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
Agent
Chris Saunders Associates
  1. Received19 Jul
  2. Validated13 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Dec

Decided in 91 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Methodist Church Highgate Hill Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4LB. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 147 days, 14 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN18 4LB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 September 2021
Consultation expiry
29 October 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Chris Saunders Associates
Architect profile
CHRIS SAUNDERS ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
Office 16, Apple Pie Farm Cranbrook Road Benenden Kent, TN17 4EU

Publicity

Last advertised
8 October 2021
Advertisement expiry
29 October 2021
Site notice start
8 October 2021
Site notice end
29 October 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10016399
Documents
28
Constraints
11

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.

© 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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