Darvel Down - Land east of, Battle/Mountfield TN33 9QB

RR/2016/2722/PFullRefused

Refused on 9 February 2017

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Outline: Residential development to include 48 dwellings, parking, access and open space.

Received: 18 October 2016
Council: Rother District Council
Ward: Received

ReceivedReceived18 Oct
ValidatedValidated18 Oct
Consult.Consultation6 Dec
TargetTarget Date10 Feb
DecidedDecided9 Feb

Decided in 114 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Darvel Down - Land east of, Battle/Mountfield TN33 9QB. Rother has handled 3,756 applications of this type. This one was decided in 114 days, 6 weeks longer than Rother's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,299 applications in total for the TN33 postcode area.

87% of full applications at Rother District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: TN33 9QB
Application type: Full
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 48
Parish: BATTLE

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 October 2016
Consultation expiry: 6 December 2016
Consultation end: 6 December 2016
Target decision date: 10 February 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Town & Country Planning Solutions Attn: Mr Michael Pickup Sandhills Farmhouse Bodle Street Green Hailsham BN27 4QU

Planning decision

Statutory period: 115 days

Appeal

Appeal reference: 2532
Appeal date: 9 April 2018
Appeal result: APPEAL DISMISSED
Appeal decision date: 3 July 2018

Additional information

Documents: 48

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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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Source: Rother

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