Planning application
Pympne Manor Pympne Road Benenden Cranbrook Kent TN17 4AR
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Ground mounted solar PV array
As published by the council, reference 26/01546/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01546/FULL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Application Permitted
- Received
- 9 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 13 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 4 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden
- Parish
- Benenden Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN17 4AR
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tunbridge Wells register
This site has had 2 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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22/03317/FULL Granted
Pympne Manor Pympne Road Benenden Cranbrook Kent TN17 4AR
Erection of tennis court and associated landscaping
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Jul 2026
Received by Tunbridge Wells
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13 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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4 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Application Permitted
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10 Sep 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Awaiting decision.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
19 documents on file for this application
- Decision Notice
- Delegated Report
- Historic England Comments
- . Clerk Benenden Parish Council(FULL)
- ApplicationFormRedacted
- Proposed Solar Array Plan
- Proposed Solar Array Elevations
- Proposed Solar Array Details
- Plant Room Elevations
- Design, Access & Heritage Statement
- Ecological Impact Assessment
- BNG Report
- Battery 6KWh and 10KWh Datasheet
- SunPower P7 500W Data Sheet
- BNG Metric
- BNG Condition Assessment
- Site Location Plan
- Existing Site Layout Plan
- Proposed Site Layout Plan
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tunbridge Wells granted permission on 4 September 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.
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