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Hemsted Forest Equestrian Centre Chittenden Farm Golford Road Benenden Cranbrook Kent TN17 4AJ

26/00918/BNGBiodiversity Net GainApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 24 April 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Submission of details in relation to Statutory Biodiversity Net Gain Condition of 25/01800/FULL

Received
24 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cranbrook, Sissinghurst And Frittenden
Agent
Ivy Planning & Design
  1. Received24 Apr
  2. Validated24 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Apr

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About this application

This is a planning application at Hemsted Forest Equestrian Centre Chittenden Farm Golford Road Benenden Cranbrook Kent TN17 4AJ. Tunbridge Wells has handled 5,829 applications of this type. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across Cranbrook, Sissinghurst And Frittenden. We hold 1,133 applications in total for the TN17 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
TN17 4AJ
Application type
Biodiversity Net Gain
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cranbrook & Sissinghurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ivy Planning & Design
Agent address
Bonheur Coppards Lane Northiam Rye, TN31 6QN

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14655779
Documents
14
Constraints
13

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

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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