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Whiteswood Farm Whites Lane Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4HP

24/02208/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 January 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion and change of use of current stables into one single storey residential dwelling with associated parking and garden space

Received
28 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden
Agent
Fernfield Homes
  1. Received28 Aug
  2. Validated12 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 133 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Whiteswood Farm Whites Lane Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4HP. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 148 days, 14 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 8 other applications 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 4HP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 September 2024
Consultation expiry
24 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Fernfield Homes
Agent address
Empire House Sunderland Quay Rochester Kent ME2 4HN

Publicity

Site notice start
3 October 2024
Site notice end
24 October 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13364466
Documents
29
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.

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.

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    13 Apr

    Submission of Details in relation to Condition 6 - (external lighting) & Condition 7 - (foul sewage…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00812/SUB
  2. 2025
    17 Jun

    Demolition of an existing outbuilding & construction of a single-storey dwelling.

    ApprovedFull Application25/01442/FULL
  3. 2022
    29 Apr

    Erection of 3no. dwellings together with new vehicular and pedestrian access, linkway and associated parking…

    RefusedFull Application22/01299/FULL
  4. 2020
    13 Nov

    Outline Planning Permission (All Matters Reserved) - Erection of 7 dwellings

    RefusedOutline Application20/03366/OUT
  5. 2020
    13 Nov

    EIA Screening Opinion - Outline Planning Permission (All Matters Reserved) - Erection of 7 dwellings

    ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion20/03427/ENVSCR
  6. 2018
    1 Oct

    Single storey side extension

    ApprovedFull Application18/03088/FULL

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