Underused Sites - Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

TOWN CENTRES AREA ACTION PLAN/ALLOCATIONS DPD QUESTIONNAIRE
HAWKHURST
Question 10_HA - Are there any sites within Hawkhurst that are vacant or under-used, which offer potential for being brought back into effective use? If yes, please
specify which sites.
Consultee Name
and/or
Organisation
Comment ID
Yes/No Comment
Mrs Joyce Saunders TCAAP/ALL_15 Yes The closed down bus station would make a good site for a village community hall. Dr Barnardos Babies
Castle in Cranbrook Road could be saved because of its great historical value and made with flats or some
kind of housing. All Saints Church needs to be renovated and used for flats so young people who have
been brought up in the village and marry can stay close to home.
Mrs Valerie Manser TCAAP/ALL_16 Yes The site of the Hawkhurst Bus Station and All Saints Church - unused for many years.
Mrs S D Gould TCAAP/ALL_17 Yes Hawkhurst Bus Station.
Mrs L Collins TCAAP/ALL_18 Yes Bus station site or the church re-modeled.
Mr and Mrs D L and A E TCAAP/ALL_19 Yes Bus station site or All Saints Church site.
Axford
Mr and Mrs K Collins TCAAP/ALL_20 Yes Babies Castle (Dr. Barnarbo's Home). I worked at the Babies Castle in the 60's and it breaks my heart to
see it in such a dilapidated state. Can no one preserve the facade?
Lillesden School
All Saints Church
Arriva Bus Station Site
Mrs D A B Smith TCAAP/ALL_21 Yes Hawkhurst bus station.
Mrs Austen TCAAP/ALL_22 Yes Hawkhurst bus station.
Mr and Mrs W A Spice TCAAP/ALL_23 Yes Hawkhurst bus station.
Mrs H Foster TCAAP/ALL_28 Yes Hawkhurst Bus Station.
All Saints Church.
Mr and Mrs J R Burt TCAAP/ALL_29 Yes Hawkhurst Bus Station.
All Saints Church.
Ms Muriel Wilson TCAAP/ALL_38 Yes A small site exists next to the Fire Station, ie the Public Lavatory now closed.
Perhaps some parking could be made in this space for residents of Lavender Square who not only have no
parking places but no road in front of their properties.
[superseded by TCAAP/ALL_1066]

Consultee Name
and/or
Organisation
Comment ID
Yes/No Comment
Mr Richard Phillips TCAAP/ALL_39 Yes All Sants Chapel of Ease (redundant).
M G Collins TCAAP/ALL_41 Yes Bus station or All Saints Church.
Mr M J Pullen TCAAP/ALL_42 Yes Bus Station.
All Saints Church.
Mrs S Golding TCAAP/ALL_43 Yes Hawkhurst Bus Station
Dr Barnardos (Babies Castle)
All Saints Church
Mr and Mrs D & Mr D D
Clarke
TCAAP/ALL_53 Yes
Lillesden School
Hawkhurst (Babies) Castle, Cranbrook Road and the old Bus Station.
Mr Brian Inwood TCAAP/ALL_57 Yes The derelict bus station on Rye Road
Musgrave Retail Partners
& Jempsons/ G R Planning
Consultancy Ltd
D J and V M Buckle/
WRVS Over 60s Club
TCAAP/ALL_61 Yes
The derelict Church on Rye road
Arriva Bus Depot site which is suitable for residential, B1 & community uses
TCAAP/ALL_64 Yes All Saints Church
Bus Station
Babies Castle
Lillesden
Mr David Burgess TCAAP/ALL_85 Yes All Saints Church
The Bus Station
Mr Derrick Westgate TCAAP/ALL_87 Yes Bus station for car parking and village hall
Mr John Davis TCAAP/ALL_96 Yes Babies Castle
Lillesden
All Saints
Bus station

Consultee Name
and/or
Organisation
Comment ID
Yes/No Comment
Springfield land area
Highgate Hill chapel
Mrs Wendy Coxeter TCAAP/ALL_103 Yes Bus station, Budgens church site, Former nursery site on Cranbrook Road and the quarry opposite.
Mr Mark Coxeter TCAAP/ALL_104 Yes The following sites are obvious contenders for redevelopment:
Mr Andrew Hill TCAAP/ALL_106 Yes All Saints Church at Highgate - for housing
The old Arriva Bus Station site.
The old Church next to Budgens car park is a natural site for a Village Hall/Community Centre.
The old Babies Castle site.
Arriva bus station - should be allocated for housing, not retail development
Mr John Hunt TCAAP/ALL_109 Yes Arriva site has potential for a number of appropriate uses and that does not include another "community
store". Limited housing to facilitate other community uses, Day Centre, Doctors Practise, Community Centre
Mrs Jacqueline Faircloth TCAAP/ALL_114 Yes The vacant Bus Station is a site for a village hall, now that Hawkhurst has lost its existing village
hall(Victoria Hall) to a cinema.
Miss Helen Mary Fletcher TCAAP/ALL_115 Yes 1. The All Saints Church has been derelict & vandalised for over 16 years. Owners/Developers do not
seem to get started on their plans.
2. The Hawkhurst Castle liek above is being waiting for development & refurbishment.
3. The Arriva Depot is overgrown & looks like a post nuclear site
4. Lillesden
Mrs Ellen Hannavy-Cousen TCAAP/ALL_117 Yes the church next to jempsons sup[ermarket - ideal for a community centre and theatre etc. Babies castle on
the cranbrook road - what a waste! Closed for years now and all those poor people put out of their homes -
for what ? a derelict building! Turn it into a school/college a place of learning and development. The old bus
garage - stupidly lost its status - so no bus station - could be returned to a bus station or a court house/
police station.
Mr Andrew Stevens TCAAP/ALL_123 Yes All Saints Church, the Arriva Bus Station site, Lillesden School site, Babies Castle site
Mr Stephen Crowley TCAAP/ALL_129 Yes St. Lawrences Church is a real eye sore, as is the bus station. Any use is better than nothing.
Radical solution - the church has been redundant for ages. Knock it down and put houses there, or a mix of
houses / parking / shops and perhaps that might allow road junction improvements.
Pickett TCAAP/ALL_135 Yes Babies' Castle; the old garden centre site; former railway station site; petrol station and post office on A 229
Cranbrook Road; empty land on northern side of A268, to the east of Marlborough House school, adjacent
to recently built dwelling; All Saints' Church; former bus station site; former Lillesden School site
Mrs Sarah Vernede TCAAP/ALL_137 Yes Babies Castle, the redundant All Saints Church and the bus station.
Miss Emily Stevens TCAAP/ALL_143 Yes Hawkhurst Castle, Lillesden, Bus station - all of these sites have been vacant for some time now and have

Consultee Name
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Organisation
Comment ID
Yes/No Comment
great potential to be redeveloped.
Ms Vivienne Marks TCAAP/ALL_145 Hawkhurst Church!
Hawkhurst school should be used out of hours and holidays for evening classes. Clubs and youth centre
Mr & Mrs A P Towell TCAAP/ALL_160 Yes Church for Community Centre. Bus Station for parking or Care Housing. Castle for parking.
Mr Anson Paul TCAAP/ALL_167 Yes Yes, the old bus-station is perfect, as is a part of the Fowlers car park. The church should also finally be
utilised.
Mrs Susan Boerlage TCAAP/ALL_170 No It is already over developed
Miss Emily Thompson TCAAP/ALL_175 Yes the empty residential care home on cranbrook road (hawkhurst castle)
Mrs Lynn Mansell TCAAP/ALL_179 Yes Old Bus Station.
Mr Michael Armitage TCAAP/ALL_213 Yes Lillesden and Babies Castle.
Bus garage,as well, but for community use, not retail.
Mr Alex Mackay TCAAP/ALL_214 Bus station, Church, Shop on SW corner of Highgate crossroads. All these sites are highly important to
traffic/parking/general activity within Highgate. Babies Castle on Cranbrook Road.
Mr James Munro-Faure TCAAP/ALL_215 Yes Bus Station for residential, Highgate Church for community uses to save on the proposed Moor
development, various sites along Cranbrook Road for residential to include the vets surgery and surrounds
and the Barnardos building.
Mr Dominic Plugge TCAAP/ALL_216 No
Mrs Julie Baker TCAAP/ALL_218 Yes The old church needs to be demolished, as does the old bus station.
Ms Victoria Plugge TCAAP/ALL_221 No
Mr Ian Dunlop TCAAP/ALL_228 No
Mrs Susan Woodard TCAAP/ALL_244 Yes
Mr Dave Boswell TCAAP/ALL_230 Lisden School has been un ocupied for years and could provide many homes. Also Hawkhurst Caslte could
provide many flats.
Payne TCAAP/ALL_245 No
Mrs Susan Woodard TCAAP/ALL_244 Redundant bus station
Babies Castle
Gills Green wood yard and former station and industrial area
Springfield - near vets
Lillesen school
Houes with large gardens fronting road
Ms Paula Barham TCAAP/ALL_267 Yes The site of the babies castle on cranbrook road and the site of the bus depot on rye road

Consultee Name
and/or
Organisation
Comment ID
Yes/No Comment
Mrs Sara Middleton TCAAP/ALL_275 The church next to Budgens.
It has been empty for years.
Ms Penelope Goodare TCAAP/ALL_337 Yes There are two large, derelict buildings - the so-called 'baby castle' (formerly Barnardo's Home) on
Cranbrook Road, and the school on the Hastings Road - which would be beautiful if refurbished, but
presumably this is unlikely to happen because of the cost. I assume they have been left empty either
through lack of money or because they are listed - if the latter, they will no longer be listed if they deteriorate
enough, so they are possibly being deliberately left until that happens. Sad though it would be to knock
them down, it would be better than building on green land.
Miss Joanne Haywood TCAAP/ALL_356 Some shop/retail spaces are empty.
Mrs Anne Loach TCAAP/ALL_377 All Saints Church, Aviva Bus Garage and Babies Castle
Miss Samantha Haycock TCAAP/ALL_426 Yes Babies Castle, Lilliden School, and the house on the A229.
Mrs Gill Knox TCAAP/ALL_466 not that I am aware.
Tunbridge Wells District
Committee Campaign to
Protect Rural England
TCAAP/ALL_513 Yes The redundant church site is now a major cultural and visual disaster. It urgently needs radical, and
sympathetic, consideration of how it may be used to benefit the community.
G L Hearn TCAAP/ALL_515 Yes Yes - Site 28, Arriva Bus Depot
Mr Oliver Tyrwhitt TCAAP/ALL_680 Yes Abandoned church for Community Centre and parking
Bus Station for parking
Castle for Parking
Mrs Melinda Tyrwhitt TCAAP/ALL_682 Yes Abandoned church for Community Centre and parking
Bus Station for parking
Castle for Parking
Mr C S Brinsley TCAAP/ALL_685 Yes Bus Station
All Saints Church
Lilsden House
Hawkhurst Castle
Land behind Woodham hall
Land at Hall House
Land at Ingleden Farm (nursery) Horns Road

Consultee Name
and/or
Organisation
Comment ID
Yes/No Comment
Land at saw mill worth Hill
Land at Cockshot
Mr Stanley Acland TCAAP/ALL_721 Yes Hawkhurst Castle, which is an eyesore and should be available for affordable housing
Mrs Nicola Freeman TCAAP/ALL_722 Yes The Church
Lillesden
Hawkhurst Castle
K R Weatherly TCAAP/ALL_727 Yes Taking into account the chaotic bus parking and waiting zones in the village I would suggest the existing
bus station area to be made available for school yellow buses ( gov't policy yet to be established) and rest
zones for public transport drivers.
Mr P Emberson TCAAP/ALL_740 Empty housing must be brought back into use before any more new building is approved.
Mr Alexander Tyrwhitt TCAAP/ALL_1008 Yes Abandoned church for Community Centre and parking
Bus Station for parking
Castle for Parking
Chris Brown TCAAP/ALL_1020 old church
bus depot old
Hawkhurst "castle"
Mr Ben Patterson TCAAP/ALL_1038 Yes Most obviously, the old bus depot, All Saint's Church and, most scandalously, Babies Castle. Some
properties on the south side of the centre should be redeveloped.
Mr Paul Towell TCAAP/ALL_1041 Yes Abandoned church for Community Centre and parking
Bus Station for parking
Castle for Parking
Miss Katie Brinsley TCAAP/ALL_1046 Yes The Arriva bus station would make a grate housing development, especially for senior residents that have
no access to there own transport, as it is in easy walking distance to the centre of the village, and the fact
that it would be an expensive sight because of contamination and Arriva are asking a high price of the land
are not good reasons to not use it for housing. I don't think this site is appropriate for retail as it is out side
the centre boundary.
Mr Wez Tallett TCAAP/ALL_1048 Yes Hawkhurst castle, Bus station, Lisden House, Behind the vets on A229 and the Church by Budgens.
Mr Peter Crocker TCAAP/ALL_1050 The Church near Budgens and Hawkhurst Castle on the way to Cranbrook, could both be re-developed
even if this means demolishing them but replacing them sensitive to the environment and providing the
types of housing Hawkhurst needs.
Bus station

Consultee Name
and/or
Organisation
Comment ID
Yes/No Comment
Land behind the vets.
Mr and Mrs R W M Baker TCAAP/ALL_1052 Yes 1. The old Bus Depot
2. All Saints Church
3. Hawkhurst Baby Castle
Mrs M R Jefferies TCAAP/ALL_1056 Yes Redundant All Saints Church.
Former Bus Station site.
Hawkhurst Castle site.
Lillseden, previously a school.
Ms Sheila Brown TCAAP/ALL_1064 Babies Castle. Gills Green. Unused for many years.
Lillesden School. The Moor.
Mr and Mrs N McChesney TCAAP/ALL_1070 Yes 1. Former bus garage
2. All Saints Church
3. Babies Castle
4. Former Lillesden School
Mrs Jill Mackay TCAAP/ALL_1100 Yes Redundant church and bus station plus Babies Castle all desperately need active use.
Mr Richard Briden TCAAP/ALL_1113 Yes All Saints church, Buss Murton site, Arriva bus garage and the Castle site. Springfield business park could
be better utilised and potentially extended to include ‘spare' ground along the golf course boundary. The
vacant ‘corner' shop premises needs to be occupied quickly and by something that is likely to be of use to
the majority of the residents to encourage more usage of the centre shops and facilities.
Ms Diana H Jones TCAAP/ALL_1191 Yes The green field below Hill House on Moor Hill is, I understand, already owned by the Council. The right of
way could be kept and I seem to remember sewage work being carried out at the bottom.
"Babies Castle" on the corner of Heartenoak Rd is an eyesore and has a bus stop outside but it would
provide a patch for building.
Miss E M Masters TCAAP/ALL_1217 Yes Old bus station and All Saints Church
S J Todd TCAAP/ALL_1234 Yes The Arriva bus depot
All Saints Church Site
The Former Dr. Barnados Home.
Mr and Mrs K C Lagden TCAAP/ALL_1237 Yes Bus Garage, Old derelict church
J O'Keefe TCAAP/ALL_2995 Yes Site North of Vale Road adjacent to Cranbrook Road. Perimeter development for creative solution
Metropolis PD TCAAP/ALL_3003 Yes

Consultee Name
and/or
Organisation
Comment ID
Yes/No Comment
Mr John Cook TCAAP/ALL_3010 Yes The many currently empty and available houses in Hawkhurst, NOT BEING USED!
Consultee Name
and/or
Organisation
Comment ID
Affordable housing, already built that has not been properly administered for use by local people in
perpetuity. Thereby NOT supplying affordable housing for the LOCAL community!
The substantial number of new build homes erected in Hawkhurst in the last couple of years (50+) that
have not served the needs of the local community.
Also brown field sites
Babies Castle
Bus Station
All Saints Church
Methodist Hall
Lillesden School
Springfield Nursery
Yes/No Comment
Mr Marcus Weekes TCAAP/ALLe_1 for what?
Mr John Fleming TCAAP/ALLe_2 Yes 1. The old bus depot
2. All Saints Church
I would question Barratt, the landowner selling site 64, and their representatives, why we need lots of new
houses, when we have already HAD lots and lots of houses built in Hawhurst. See Q16. If there is such a
need for affordable housing you have failed so far to address the problem by building, SO STOP! In light of
a change in government policy and good common sense this proposal by T.W.B.C. for many more houses
should have been consigned to the rubbish bin. Why TWBC persist in this policy is highly questionable.
Why are you wasting large amounts of public money pursuing outdated and socially dubious policies?
Miss Thomasina Stanford TCAAP/ALLe_3 Yes It is an absolute travesty that the Babies Castle or (Hawkhurst Castle) and Lillsden Girls School has been

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allowed to fall into complete ruin. These beautiful buildings could surely have been turned into apartments if
organisations no longer require them.
Mr Jonathan Martin TCAAP/ALLe_6 Yes
The Babies castle has such a fascinating history and is I believe an integral part of what Hawkhurst once
was, to loose this piece of history through sheer neglect is terrible.
The old bus station, babies castle, Lillesden, All Saints church and no doubt others
Mr Marcus Baldwin TCAAP/ALLe_7 Yes The Church Site in Highgate needs sorting out.
Mr David Saville TCAAP/ALLe_8 Yes Lilliden School, Bus Gargae and Babies Castle.
Mr Michael Garlick TCAAP/ALLe_10 Yes Baby's castle, Springfield, Arriva bus garage, the church on Rye Road, Woodham Hall.
Mr Roderick Wheat TCAAP/ALLe_22 Yes There are a number of these - notably Hawkhurst (Babies) castle, the disused church, land behind The
Royal Oak, land adjacent to Gills Green, and others
Mrs Wendy Gibbs TCAAP/ALLe_23 Yes Bus station site
Mrs Penelope Ennis TCAAP/ALLe_24 Yes Hawkhurst Castle and Lillesden could be developed
Lol Ennis
Mr & Mrs John & Karen
Mumbray
Parish Councillor Mike
Appelbe
TCAAP/ALLe_25 Yes Babies Castle;Lillesden;Bus Depot;Old Church
TCAAP/ALLe_26 Yes In addition to those identified in the consultation document, as a start I would think it worth investigating:
Lillesden School, Hawkhurst Castle, the Methodist Church (also a small amount of land behind it and the
field to the north of it), Woodham Hall, the land between Red Oak and Hensill Lane, some land off Horns
Road (both north and south), Station Garage, Wealden Ad site. All these are not recommendations as such,
because of course they are subject to public consultation and agreement/negotiation with the owners.
The Clerk to Hawkhurst Parish Council has stated that his advice from the Planning Manager at TWBC is
that HPC and councillors should not mention possible sites because of the risk of losing the Council's ability
in the future to deal with planning applications on these sites. Given that Parish Councillors have local
knowledge this advice seems to me misguided.
Mr Eric Barkas TCAAP/ALLe_27 St Stephen's Church, former bus garage, Babies Castle.
Mrs Zia Armitage TCAAP/ALLe_28 Yes Lillesden for retirement homes. Babies' Castle for affordable and private residential development
Mr Adair Robson TCAAP/ALLe_29 Yes Lillesden
Mr Benjamin Clarkson TCAAP/ALLe_31 Yes
All Saints church
Bus depot
We are aware that some development has to take place within any village but there are many Brownfield

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Comment ID
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sites within Hawkhurst that could be used before destroying precious countryside.
Sites such as Hawkhurst Castle, Lillesden Girls School, the disused Church and the old Bus Station could
be put to good use. Housing on the Bus station site would be a far better solution than another supermarket.
Hawkhurst already has a well equipped supermarket with plans to expand on its existing site. We can only
assume this is ‘bully boy' tactics of a national supermarket chain trying to push out a local trader.
Hawkhurst does not need another supermarket.
Ms Jane Mitchell TCAAP/ALLe_33 ARRIVA BUS DEPOT IN PARTICULAR. SURELY THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ALONG WITH
OTHER BROWN FIELD SITES BEFORE EVEN CONSIDERING GREEN FIELD SITES!
Mr M Baker TCAAP/ALLe_34 Yes BUS GARAGE, ALL SAINTS CHURCH,BABIES CASTLE,LILLESDEN,SPRINGFIELD
Mrs Beverly Gill TCAAP/ALLe_36 Yes Babies Castle, Lillesden School, Highgate Church, Bus Depot. All beautiful buildings beeing left to rot!
Mrs C Baker TCAAP/ALLe_37 Yes There are several derelict and brown field sites within Hawkhurst. Also Bus garage, Babies' Castel,
Lillesden, All Saints Church.
Mr Alec Travers TCAAP/ALLe_38 Yes Babie Castle.
Lillesden.
Springfield Garden Centre.
All Saints Church.
Arriva Bus Depot.
Gills Green Industrial area.
The first two of these have had schemes submitted for residential use, and have been rejected at Council
level. Instead of this negative attitude, the development of these eyesores should be encouraged. All Saints
Church is in the hands of a developer who has apparently done little to develop it. Action should be taken to
force the pace of this derelict site being brought into use. The Arriva bus depot is being mooted as a
supermarket: a second supermarket almost opposite the first, on the same side of the traffic-lights and
providing the same range of goods is something we do not need. This should be used either as a
Community centre or affordable housing. Gills Green seems to have had little take-up for commercial
development and some of it at least should be developed for affordable housing.
Mr Grant Duncan TCAAP/ALLe_39 Yes Prior to consideration of site 64 or any other greenfield sites, the following previously developed sites should
be considered:
The former Arriva bus depot

Consultee Name
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Organisation
Comment ID
Yes/No Comment
Springfield nursery
Ms Heather Rae TCAAP/ALLe_40 Yes Hawkhurst Castle, The Bus Depot, All Saints Church
Mr Christopher
Lerpiniere
Several empty or short-term shops
TCAAP/ALLe_41 Yes Hawkhurst Castle
The Church next to Jempson's
The Arriva bus depot
Mr Richard Budd TCAAP/ALLe_42 Yes
The old railway station business park area
Brown field sites such as Hawkhurst Castle, the deorlict church in the centre of the village, the bus station,
Lillesden park....to name just a few.
Lady Caroline
TCAAP/ALLe_43 Yes I feel all the brownfield sites should be used before any deavelopment is contemplated on greenfield sites. I
Ure
know other residents have supplied TWBC with lists of these sites.
Mrs Nicola Wetherell TCAAP/ALLe_44 Babys Castle, the church near Budgens
Mrs Anna Duke TCAAP/ALLe_45 Yes Babies Castle, Arriva Bus Depot, All Saints Church
Mr Robert Sims TCAAP/ALLe_46 Yes The village centre Church - would be a good youth club facility.
The old bus deport - would make a logical extension to the Colonnade 'boutique" retail outlets & provide
additional parking. If the new outlets had the same "historical" Colonnade styling and reasonable council
shop rents/service charges it would encourage local enterprise, increase the range of shopping to
Hawkhurst's wealthy residential customer base and add further tourist attraction to the village.
Hawkhurst Castle on Cranbrook Road - would make a logical development for new residential dwellings for
the retired.
Mr Jeremy Towner TCAAP/ALLe_47 Yes Babies Castle and All Saints Church
Mr Shaun Ashdown TCAAP/ALLe_48 No It is shame that the council has sold all potential locations they had for private development without
consideration for low cost housing...
ie - all three old school locations!
Mrs Freda Cross TCAAP/ALLe_49 Yes all saints church . the bus station. hawkhurst castle . liilesden school. springfields site.the methodist church.
land in horns road that was once a nursery on the right hand side
Mr Robert Ayley TCAAP/ALLe_50 Yes Old bus station should become a recreation ground.

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Organisation
Comment ID
Yes/No Comment
Mr Andrew Waltham TCAAP/ALLe_52 Yes Arriva site
All Saints church
Hawkhurst Castle
Mr David Kavanagh-Spall TCAAP/ALLe_54 Yes The church on the high street. Ideal for a village hall, perhaps big enough to be a village hall and provide
dwellings.
Mr Dickon Kindersley TCAAP/ALLe_56 Yes The Maidstone and District Bus Station needs to be retained for employment uses. The Spatial Strategy
states that the small rural towns are not intended to be a main focus for development but to be local hubs
for employment, retailing and services and that for employment there is a need to retain existing floorspace.
Policy RE3 states the need to provide for a range of sites and premises to be available for employment
purposes in sustainable locations. The loss of the Arriva bus station in Hawkhurst was a major loss to the
town of over 40 jobs and in order for Hawkhurst to remain a local hub, this sustainable site needs to be
retained for employment services. Core Policy 7 has a list of Key Employment Areas and the Hawkhurst
Bus Station needs to be added to this list, preferably designated as an ED4, being an Economic
Development Allocation Site. This is necessary as there are no other employment sites within the centre of
Hawkhurst of this size and potential. It is sustainable, it has the necessary infrastructure in place and it has
the long term potential to ensure that Hawkhurst remains a local employment hub providing a balanced mix
of housing and employment, rather than becoming a town of houses.
Mrs Sara Mason TCAAP/ALLe_57 Yes The old bus depot. It would best serve the bus drivers as returning to being a bus depot. they currently
have to spend a 3 hour break in the middle of the day sat on the back seat of a parked van with no access
to any facilities.
Mr N J Kennison-Cook TCAAP/ALLe_58 Yes There is the bus station, church and a number of other sites in the village which offer opportunity form
brown filed development.
Mrs Julia Clark TCAAP/ALLe_59 Yes The Bus station is a large vacant site which is sat empty, this could be an ideal plot for housing. Babies
Castle is also an extremely large vacant building. Why are these areas not being considered and precious
beautiful green land being built on?
There are lots of smaller villages around the area that could cope with a level of extra housing why not build
in these areas? Why plan to build more houses in an already very developed area like Hawkhurst. There is
a diverse range of housing in this area and a good thriving community, the infrastructure and community of
Hawkhurst cannot take anymore housing.
Mr David Budd TCAAP/ALLe_60 Yes Highgate Church Old Bus Station Babies Castle Springfield
Mrs Sharon Bates TCAAP/ALLe_61 Yes The church opposite Dunks Hall has been vacant for many years. Surely this is a prime site which could be
developed into housing or a village hall.
Hawkhurst Castle has also been an eyesore for many years - people living in a development here would be
able to access Staplehurst railway station without contributing to traffic congestion in the village centre.
Mr Ashley Ward TCAAP/ALLe_62 Yes All Saints Church is currently derelict and an eyesore within the village. It should either be converted to a
use or demolished. This land could provide some flats within the LBD. It is currently designated an

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"important open space" but I believe this designation is inaccurate and unhelpful.
The "Hawkhurst Castle" on the A229 towards Cranbrook is also derelict and could provide a potential site
for development.
Miss Natalie Nixon TCAAP/ALLe_63 Yes
The former Lillesden School is also derelict and could provide a potential site for development.
The Church next to the Jempson's supermarket has been vacant for some time now, perhaps permission
could be sought to use this as a community area of even converted into apparments rather than building on
sites of outstanding natural beauty and contaminated sites.
Miss Henrietta
TCAAP/ALLe_64 Yes Too many to ennumerate for example, the ex-church, the bus station, the Babies Castle and many more.
Budd
Anonymous TCAAP/ALL_3995 Yes Bus Station. Church (All Saints). Babies Castle. Lillesden School.
Anonymous TCAAP/ALL_3996 Yes Bus Station, Babies Castle, Lillesden School, All Saints Church.
Anonymous TCAAP/ALL_3997 Yes The Old Bus Station.
Anonymous TCAAP/ALL_3998 Yes Ex bus station site and redundant All Saints Church