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Briars Bank Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 5DW

26/01478/FULLApproved

Approved on 7 September 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Extend garage to create carport

Received
1 July 2026
Ward
Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Sep

Decided in 66 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a garage at Briars Bank Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 5DW. Tunbridge Wells has handled 5,820 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

Application details

Postcode
TN18 5DW
Parish
Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Elaine Guater Cavie

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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