Kittyhawk Aerodrome, Darp Lane, Ripe, BN8 6BB
Approved on 19 May 2026
Council decision: Approval
Proposal
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 4 - ARCHAEOLOGICAL - MAJOR DEVELOPMENT AND 11 - NATURE CONSERVATION - IMPLEMENTATION OF BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENT AS IN ECOLOGICAL SURVEY ATTACHED TO WD/2025/0984/MAJ
- Received
- 8 May 2026
- Council
- Wealden District Council
- Ward
- Arlington
- ReceivedReceived8 May
- ValidatedValidated11 May
- Consult.Consultation2 Jun
- TargetTarget Date7 Jul
- DecidedDecided19 May
Decided in 8 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to discharge conditions at KITTYHAWK AERODROME, DARP LANE, RIPE, BN8 6BB. Wealden has handled 1,240 applications of this type. This one was decided in 11 days, 6 weeks quicker than Wealden's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Arlington. We hold 1,970 applications in total for the BN8 postcode area.
88% of conditions applications at Wealden District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- BN8 6BB
- Application type
- Condition Discharge
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Chalvington & Ripe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 May 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 2 June 2026
- Consultation end
- 2 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 7 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Mike Holmes Ridgers Barn Bunny lane Tunbridge Wells TN3 9HA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 57 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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, National Landscapes, 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.
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202629 Oct
PROPOSED ALTERATION TO ALIGNMENT OF INTERNAL ACCESS ROAD; IMPROVEMENTS TO GROUND-SIDE CAR PARK; CREATION OF…
PendingApplicationWD/2026/1405/MAJ - 20267 Jan
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 6 ATTACHED TO WD/2025/0984/MAJ
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsWD/2026/0027/CD - 202518 Nov
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 5 & 7 ATTACHED TO WD/2025/0984/MAJ
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsWD/2025/2634/CD
Source: Wealden
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