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Land To East Of Highgate Hill And South Of Copthall Avenue Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4LS

26/01337/LAWPROLawful Development Cert. (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 August 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Addition of garage door to carports on plots 21,22,23,24,28,29,30 & 54

Received
11 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden
  1. Received11 Jun
  2. Validated19 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Aug
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at Land To East Of Highgate Hill And South Of Copthall Avenue Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4LS. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 30 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.

89% of outline 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 4LS
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 June 2026
Target decision date
14 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15003827
Documents
8
Constraints
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Rose CottageOn or next to this site
  • 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 (19)

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, 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

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    28 Jul

    Submission of Details in relation to Condition 24.4 - (Closure Report) of 20/02788/FULL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01670/SUB
  2. 2026
    13 Feb

    Submission of details in relation to Condition 22 (Surface Water Drainage) of planning permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00339/SUB
  3. 2025
    30 Sep

    Partial submission of details (excluding plots 6-15) in relation to Condition 6 - (Hard & Soft Landscaping…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/02329/SUB
  4. 2024
    24 Sep

    Partial Submission of Details in relation to Condition 22 for Plots 1-17 - (Verification Report) of…

    RefusedDischarge of conditions24/02458/SUB
  5. 2024
    8 Aug

    Partial Submission of Details in relation to condition 6 for plots 6,7,8,9,10-15 only (hard & soft…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/02075/SUB
  6. 2024
    9 May

    Submission of Details in relation to Condition 17 - (EV Charging) of 20/02788/FULL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/01255/SUB

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