Lower Ellenden Farm Water Lane Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 5AX
Approved on 31 July 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of building from agricultural to light industrial (Class E(G)(III)
- Received
- 8 June 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden
- Agent
- Kent Design Studio Limited
- ReceivedReceived8 Jun
- ValidatedValidated10 Jun
- Consult.Consultation3 Jul
- TargetTarget Date5 Aug
- DecidedDecided31 Jul
Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Lower Ellenden Farm Water Lane Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 5AX. 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. 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.
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 5AX
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hawkhurst Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 June 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 17 July 2026
- Consultation end
- 3 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 5 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Kent Design Studio Limited
- Architect profile
- KENT DESIGN STUDIO LIMITED
- Agent address
- The Wool Store Fullers Way Biddenden Ashford TN27 8FQ
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Ethan Murphy
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 26 June 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 July 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14990446
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Tunbridge Wells
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