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All Saints Church Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4HD

26/00702/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 May 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of 5 No. heat pump units

Received
30 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.29 Apr
  4. Target26 May
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at All Saints Church Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4HD. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. 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 4HD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2026
Consultation expiry
1 May 2026
Consultation end
29 April 2026
Target decision date
26 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 April 2026
Advertisement expiry
1 May 2026
Site notice start
8 April 2026
Site notice end
29 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14818758
Documents
14
Constraints
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Church of All SaintsOn this site · +1 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Brownfield land register: All Saints Church Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook KentRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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. 2026
    25 Aug

    Submission of details for condition 4 (additional screening) & condition 5 (acoustic assessment) of…

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/01883/SUB
  2. 2026
    30 Mar

    Installation of 5 No. heat pump units

    This applicationApprovedFull26/00702/FULL

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    2 Mar

    Listed Building Consent - Installation of 5 No. monobloc heat pump units

    ApprovedListed building consent26/00453/LBC
  2. 2019
    2 May

    EIA Screening Opinion - Conversion of existing building (former church) to residential use, comprising of…

    ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion19/01523/ENVSCR
  3. 2019
    2 May

    Listed Building Consent: Conversion of existing building (former church) to residential use, comprising of…

    ApprovedListed building consent19/01225/LBC
  4. 2018
    29 Jun

    Submission of details in relation to Conditions 3 (Repair schedule for well), 4 (Materials, Landscaping…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions18/02045/SUB
  5. 2018
    26 Jun

    Submission of details in relation to Conditions 5 (Landscape Scheme) and 7 (Noise Levels) of Planning Consent…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions18/02040/SUB
  6. 2017
    29 Dec

    EIA Screening Opinion - Conversion of former church to residential use comprising 7 No. dwellings (including…

    ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion17/04340/ENVSCR

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