Copshall Farm, Winchelsea Road, Guestling Green, Guestling TN35 4LT
Approved on 9 March 2020
Proposal
Prior approval for change of use of building from agricultural use to flexible use within Class B1.
- Received
- 6 January 2020
- Council
- Rother District Council
- ReceivedReceived6 Jan
- ValidatedValidated6 Jan
- Consult.Consultation25 Feb
- TargetTarget Date2 Mar
- DecidedDecided9 Mar
Decided in 63 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Copshall Farm, Winchelsea Road, Guestling Green, Guestling TN35 4LT. Rother has handled 121 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days quicker than Rother's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 902 applications in total for the TN35 postcode area.
85% of outline 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
- TN35 4LT
- Application type
- Outline
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- GUESTLING
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 January 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 25 February 2020
- Consultation end
- 25 February 2020
- Target decision date
- 2 March 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Bloomfields Ltd 77 Commercial Road Paddock Wood TN12 6DS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202115 Dec
Notification for Prior Approval for the change of use of an agricultural building to a hotel (Use Class C1).
ApprovedOutlineRR/2021/3016/PN3 - 202114 Jul
Conversion of barn to hotel with associated vehicular access, parking provision and landscaping.
ConditionsFullRR/2021/1724/P - 202112 Jan
External alterations to barn to facilitate conversion of barn to hotel and landscaping.
ApprovedFullRR/2021/53/P - 201824 May
Conversion of a redundant agricultural barn to B1 light industrial with associated access and parking…
ConditionsFullRR/2018/1462/P
Source: Rother
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- Fraysland Farm, Guestling Green, Guestling TN35 4LTRR/2018/2740/TN · TelecomsApproved0.0 mi
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