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The Hay Barn Stonecastle Farm Whetsted Road Five Oak Green Tonbridge Kent TN12 6SE

23/00876/ELECOverhead Electricity LineApproved

Approved on 10 May 2023

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Electricity Notification: Installation of low & high voltage underground cable through The Haybarn, and installation of new terminal pole to support existing overhead line and to allow removal of high voltage overhead line span

Received
31 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Capel
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 May

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at The Hay Barn Stonecastle Farm Whetsted Road Five Oak Green Tonbridge Kent TN12 6SE. Tunbridge Wells has handled 58 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN12 postcode area.

96% of all 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
TN12 6SE
Application type
Overhead Electricity Line
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Capel Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2023

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: Tunbridge Wells

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, 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, National Landscapes, 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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