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Land north of 2 Home Farm Cottages, Coach Drive, Hothfield, Kent

17/00009/EIA/ASScreening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 31 October 2017

Council decision: Screening - EIA not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Proposed screening opinion for residential development of up to 60 dwellings

Received
5 October 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Downs West
  1. Received5 Oct
  2. Validated10 Oct
  3. Consult.4 Nov
  4. Target31 Oct
  5. Decided31 Oct

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land north of 2 Home Farm Cottages, Coach Drive, Hothfield, Kent. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Downs West.

85% of outline 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
Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
60
Parish
Hothfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 October 2017
Consultation expiry
4 November 2017
Consultation start
11 October 2017
Consultation end
4 November 2017
Target decision date
31 October 2017
Application expires
31 October 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
No agent details available

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: HothfieldPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Home FarmhouseOn this site · +3 more
  • Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site · +1 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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