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The Riding School Great Nineveh Nineveh Lane Benenden Cranbrook Kent TN17 4LG

26/01863/FULLPermitted

Proposal

Change of use of land to residential purposes and erection of outbuilding ancillary to main dwelling

Received
28 August 2026
Decided
16 October 2026 · Application Permitted
Public comments
0 · last counted 17 October 2026
Ward
Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received28 Aug
  2. Validated28 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 49 days

This is a planning application for an outbuilding at The Riding School Great Nineveh Nineveh Lane Benenden Cranbrook Kent TN17 4LG. Tunbridge Wells has handled 5,678 applications of this type and approves 94% of them, typically deciding them in 57 days. This one was decided in 49 days, 8 days quicker than Tunbridge Wells's median. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden. We hold 1,113 applications in total for the TN17 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26/01863/FULL
Address
The Riding School Great Nineveh Nineveh Lane Benenden Cranbrook Kent TN17 4LG
Postcode
TN17 4LG
Local Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden
Parish
Benenden Parish Council

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
20 August 2026
Date Decided
16 October 2026
Date Validated
28 August 2026
Date Submitted
28 August 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Application Permitted
Case Officer
Hayley Starkey

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
14
Coordinates
51.063843, 0.544604
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site
  • 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, 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, 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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