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Lovelace House, Wissenden Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AJ

16/00701/ASListed building consent (Alt/Ext)Approved
Listed building consent

Approved on 24 November 2016

Council decision: Grant ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Internal and external alterations to include alterations to layout at ground, first and attic floor levels. Enlarge kitchen window to insert French doors to south elevation. Create new door opening at first floor level into historic rear addition and creation of en suite in rear bedroom to include new window opening to west elevation. Patch re pointing to all elevations. Insertion of insulation to entire roof structure.

Received
11 May 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald Central
  1. Received11 May
  2. Validated1 Jun
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target27 Jul
  5. Decided24 Nov

Decided in 176 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at Lovelace House, Wissenden Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AJ. Ashford has handled 458 applications of this type. This one was decided in 197 days, 20 weeks longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Weald Central. 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 3AJ
Application type
Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bethersden

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 June 2016
Consultation expiry
1 July 2016
Consultation start
7 June 2016
Consultation end
1 July 2016
Target decision date
27 July 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Cyma Architects Ltd 55 The Old High Street Folkestone Kent CT20 1RN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
7 July 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05131837
Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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. 2017
    21 Jul

    Discharge of Condition 3

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions16/00701/CONA/AS
  2. 2016
    11 May

    Internal and external alterations to include alterations to layout at ground, first and attic floor levels…

    This applicationApprovedHeritage16/00701/AS
  3. 2016
    6 May

    Demolition of existing derelict outbuilding, replacement outbuilding for garage and workshop within curtilage…

    WithdrawnFull planning permissionFiled alongside16/00681/AS

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