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Lower Ellenden Farm Water Lane Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 5AX

26/00663/PNRPrior Notification Class RAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Prior Notification under Class R for change of use of agricultural building to a workshop

Received
24 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Lower Ellenden Farm Water Lane Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 5AX. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. 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.

89% of outline 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 5AX
Application type
Prior Notification Class R
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14777368
Documents
2
Constraints
9

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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