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Goat Lees Community Hall, Trinity Road, Boughton Aluph, Kent

12/00652/ASFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 7 August 2012

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from D2 (assembly and leisure) to a mixed use D1 (non-residential institutions)/D2 (assembly and leisure) to be able to use hall on a part-time basis for a proposed new pre-school. Erection of fencing to area adjacent to the hall to create a garden area.

Received
8 June 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received8 Jun
  2. Validated20 Jun
  3. Consult.31 Aug
  4. Target15 Aug
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Goat Lees Community Hall, Trinity Road, Boughton Aluph, Kent. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

89% of full 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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Boughton Aluph

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 June 2012
Consultation expiry
31 August 2012
Consultation start
7 August 2012
Consultation end
31 August 2012
Target decision date
15 August 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
No agent details available

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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