The Rectory Bodiam Road Sandhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 5LE
Refused on 9 September 2026
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Siting of caravan as ancillary accommodation
- Received
- 17 July 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden
- ReceivedReceived17 Jul
- ValidatedValidated21 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date15 Sep
- DecidedDecided9 Sep
Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application at The Rectory Bodiam Road Sandhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 5LE. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. 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.
89% of outline 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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Why it was refused
- The structure referred to as a 'caravan' would be built on site and therefore amounts to a building operation as a result of its size, degree of permanence, and physical attachment by its own weight. It is therefore 'development' as defined by S.55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and does not benefit from immunity under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) nor planning permission. Neither is the structure considered to comply with the definition of a caravan, as defined by the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (as amended) and the Caravan Sites Act 1968 (as amended).
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- TN18 5LE
- Application type
- Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Sandhurst Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 15 September 2026
Applicant and agent
Whitlock & Lowe Ltd
Company number 03453676
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 22 Oct 1997 (29 years old)
- Nature of business
- Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery; Construction of domestic buildings
- Registered office
- Wolverhampton
Company information from Companies House.
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-15089640
- Documents
- 20
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Tunbridge Wells
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