Hopper Hut Field Dingleden Farm Dingleden Farm Road Benenden Cranbrook Kent

24/02558/AGRICAgricultural/Forestry NotificationApproved

Prior approval

Approved on 30 October 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior Notification of agricultural development - Creation of track

Received: 2 October 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Ward: Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden

ReceivedReceived2 Oct
ValidatedValidated8 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided30 Oct

Decided in 22 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Hopper Hut Field Dingleden Farm Dingleden Farm Road Benenden Cranbrook Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 58 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden.

96% of all 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

Application type: Agricultural/Forestry Notification
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Benenden Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 October 2024
Consultation expiry: 15 October 2024

Publicity

Site notice start: 15 October 2024
Site notice end: 15 October 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13429242
Documents: 12
Constraints: 12

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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