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Highgate Service Station Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4HA

23/00386/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 June 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of jet wash bays and associated machinery, creation of charging zone, addition of EV chargers, canopy, one jet wash bay. Creation of sub-station enclosure and associated forecourt works.

Received
10 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
  1. Received10 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Jun

Decided in 113 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Highgate Service Station Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4HA. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 9 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 13 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 4HA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2023
Consultation expiry
30 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
CarneySweeney
Agent address
Brunel House 2 Fitzalan Road Cardiff CF24 0EB

Publicity

Last advertised
3 March 2023
Advertisement expiry
24 March 2023
Site notice start
9 March 2023
Site notice end
30 March 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11926801
Documents
18
Constraints
15

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

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

14 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    13 Aug

    Single storey extension & associated works

    ApprovedApplication26/01794/FULL
  2. 2025
    27 Oct

    Advertisement - illuminated small format advertising display

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/02591/ADV
  3. 2024
    18 Jan

    Formation of jet wash bay including 2.7m high screens.

    WithdrawnFull Application24/00158/FULL
  4. 2018
    3 Jul

    Variation of Condition 8 of 94/00357/FUL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)18/02095/FULL
  5. 2018
    8 Jun

    Advertisement - Assorted Fascia signs; 2 x 'MFG' branded fascias over shop front; 1 x 'Londis' fascia sign; 1…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent18/01828/ADV
  6. 2018
    21 Mar

    EIA Screening Opinion: Variation of Condition 8 (Opening Hours) of Planning Consent 94/00357/FUL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)18/01004/ENVSCR

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