The Forest Nineveh Lane Benenden Cranbrook Kent TN17 4LG
Approved on 14 March 2024
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of solar panels and wood burning stove to games room
- Received
- 28 December 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Benenden & Cranbrook
- Agent
- Julian Bluck Designs Ltd
- ReceivedReceived28 Dec
- ValidatedValidated26 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided14 Mar
Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at The Forest Nineveh Lane Benenden Cranbrook Kent TN17 4LG. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,133 applications in total for the TN17 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
- TN17 4LG
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Benenden Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 January 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 8 March 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Julian Bluck Designs Ltd
- Agent address
- Briar House Nash Street Golden Cross Hailsham BN27 4AB United Kingdom
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 9 February 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 1 March 2024
- Site notice start
- 12 February 2024
- Site notice end
- 8 March 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12693983
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 13
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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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.
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Source: Tunbridge Wells
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