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Little Mercers Highgate Hill Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4LE

24/02030/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 October 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing roof and erection of first floor extension with pitched roof, changes to fenestration.

Received
2 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden
Agent
Edgington Architectural Services Ltd
  1. Received2 Aug
  2. Validated7 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 76 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Little Mercers Highgate Hill Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4LE. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 5 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in the Dorset Square conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden. 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 4LE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 August 2024
Consultation expiry
17 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Edgington Architectural Services Ltd
Architect profile
EDGINGTON ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LIMITED
Agent address
11 Cotter Way Canterbury CT1 1GP

Publicity

Site notice start
3 October 2024
Site notice end
17 October 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13256544
Documents
21
Constraints
10

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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    19 Feb

    Variation of Conditions 2 & 4 of Planning Permission 24/02030/FULL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/00430/FULL
  2. 2024
    2 Aug

    Demolition of existing roof and erection of first floor extension with pitched roof, changes to fenestration.

    This applicationApprovedFull24/02030/FULL

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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