Planning application
Holly Cottage Rogers Rough Road Kilndown Cranbrook Kent TN17 2RL
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) - use of land as garden and erection of an outbuilding
As published by the council, reference 26/00368/LDCEX
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00368/LDCEX
- Type
- Lawful Development Cert. (Existing)
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Received
- 18 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 20 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 15 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Rural Tunbridge Wells
- Parish
- Goudhurst Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN17 2RL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Feb 2026
Received by Tunbridge Wells
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20 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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15 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Application Permitted
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tunbridge Wells granted permission on 15 April 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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