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Old Swan House Bodiam Road Sandhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 5JY

26/01930/TPOApproved

Approved on 8 October 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted

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

Proposal

TPO: Sycamore (T002) Crown lift 4m, clear lower stems

Received
1 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 14 October 2026
Ward
Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated1 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Oct

Decided in 37 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Old Swan House Bodiam Road Sandhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 5JY. Tunbridge Wells has handled 5,829 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 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.

Application details

Postcode
TN18 5JY
Parish
Sandhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Ben Oates

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Old Swan HouseOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    1 Sep

    TPO: Sycamore (G001) crown lift to 3m from ground over lawn & 4m over driveway, clear by 1-2m over garage…

    ApprovedApplicationFiled alongside26/01929/TPO
  2. 2026
    1 Sep

    TPO: Sycamore (T002) Crown lift 4m, clear lower stems

    This applicationApprovedApplication26/01930/TPO

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    29 Jun

    Timber gazebo

    ApprovedFull Application26/01456/FULL

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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