Plans for an estate on the dilapidated site of a former hospital have been given the go ahead after financial uncertainty about the project. Esquire Developments put forward proposals for 87 homes at what was previously Benenden Hospital, near Cranbrook, in December last year. Tunbridge Wells council was meant to make a decision in June but deferred it to ask for more money from the developers for local services. In planning documents, the developer argues its scheme will bring “significant visual enhancement by demolishing the former hospital buildings and creating an attractive and vibrant p…
