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Melville House, The Street, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AE

11/01170/ASListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 18 November 2011

Council decision: Grant ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal and replacement of two fireplace mantelpieces and grates to ground floor.

Received
29 September 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald Central Ward
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.28 Oct
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided18 Nov

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Melville House, The Street, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AE. Ashford has handled 458 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 17 other applications at this address. We hold 1,825 applications in total for the TN26 postcode area.

88% of heritage applications at Ashford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN26 3AE
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bethersden

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2011
Consultation expiry
28 October 2011
Consultation start
4 October 2011
Consultation end
28 October 2011
Target decision date
24 November 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
No agent details available

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bethersden
  • Listed building: Grade II: Melville HouseOn this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2012
    5 Jul

    Discharge of conditions 3 & 4

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions11/01170/CONA/AS
  2. 2011
    29 Sep

    Removal and replacement of two fireplace mantelpieces and grates to ground floor.

    This applicationApprovedHeritage11/01170/AS

Planning history at this site

16 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    28 Oct

    Discharge of condition 2: Tiles

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions18/01835/CONC/AS
  2. 2019
    9 Oct

    Discharge of condition 2 (bricks)

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions18/01835/CONB/AS
  3. 2019
    30 Jul

    Discharge of condition 3

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions18/01835/CONA/AS
  4. 2018
    20 Dec

    Demolition of existing conservatory and proposed replacement sunroom

    ApprovedListed building consent18/01835/AS
  5. 2018
    20 Dec

    Demolition of existing conservatory and proposed replacement sunroom

    ApprovedFull planning permission18/01834/AS
  6. 2013
    1 Mar

    Description: T1 Lebanese Cedar - Reduce width of crown by up to 15% to west over neighbouring garden and…

    ApprovedTrees13/00047/TC

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