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Little Heron House, Hobbs Lane, Beckley TN31 6TU

RR/2023/1691/PFullApproved

Approved on 6 October 2023

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Proposal

Demolition of disused stable block and replacement with an ancillary building to provide a plant room and guest accommodation. Change of use of land to domestic curtilage and associated works.

Received
11 August 2023
Ward
Received
  1. Received11 Aug
  2. Validated11 Aug
  3. Consult.26 Sep
  4. Target6 Oct
  5. Decided6 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Little Heron House, Hobbs Lane, Beckley TN31 6TU. Rother has handled 3,756 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks quicker than Rother's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,287 applications in total for the TN31 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
TN31 6TU
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
BECKLEY

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 August 2023
Consultation expiry
26 September 2023
Consultation end
26 September 2023
Target decision date
6 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Rural Planning Practice Attn: Ms Judith Norris 53 - 55 High Street Cranbrook TN17 3EE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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Source: Rother

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