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Highgate Service Station Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4HA

25/02591/ADVAdvert ApplicationApproved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 8 January 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Advertisement - illuminated small format advertising display

Received
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Highgate Service Station Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4HA. Tunbridge Wells has handled 58 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 13 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.

100% of advertising 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
TN18 4HA
Application type
Advert Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2025
Consultation expiry
19 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Stantec
Agent address
50-60 Station Road Cambridge CB1 2JH

Publicity

Last advertised
28 November 2025
Advertisement expiry
19 December 2025
Site notice start
26 November 2025
Site notice end
17 December 2025

Appeal history

6004197
Allowed
Type: Advertisement AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 13 July 2026Reason: granted

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14437589
Documents
8
Constraints
17

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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© 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.

Planning history at this site

14 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    13 Aug

    Single storey extension & associated works

    ApprovedApplication26/01794/FULL
  2. 2024
    18 Jan

    Formation of jet wash bay including 2.7m high screens.

    WithdrawnFull Application24/00158/FULL
  3. 2023
    10 Feb

    Demolition of jet wash bays and associated machinery, creation of charging zone, addition of EV chargers…

    ApprovedFull Application23/00386/FULL
  4. 2018
    3 Jul

    Variation of Condition 8 of 94/00357/FUL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)18/02095/FULL
  5. 2018
    8 Jun

    Advertisement - Assorted Fascia signs; 2 x 'MFG' branded fascias over shop front; 1 x 'Londis' fascia sign; 1…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent18/01828/ADV
  6. 2018
    21 Mar

    EIA Screening Opinion: Variation of Condition 8 (Opening Hours) of Planning Consent 94/00357/FUL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)18/01004/ENVSCR

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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