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The Old Rectory, Church Road, Catsfield TN33 9BG

RR/2023/720/PFullApproved

Approved on 20 June 2023

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed addition of roof lantern and solar panels to main house, alterations to the cottage, and replacement/re-siting of oil tank.

Received
31 March 2023
Ward
Received
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.21 May
  4. Target22 Jun
  5. Decided20 Jun

Decided in 81 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at The Old Rectory, Church Road, Catsfield TN33 9BG. Rother has handled 3,756 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 11 days longer 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 2,295 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 9BG
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
CATSFIELD

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2023
Consultation expiry
21 May 2023
Consultation end
21 May 2023
Target decision date
22 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Pump House Designs Attn: Mr Andrew Gerken 38 High Street Battle TN33 0EA

Planning decision

Statutory period
83 days

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old RectoryOn this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO309Part of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    31 Mar

    Proposed addition of roof lantern and solar panels to main house, alterations to the cottage, and…

    This applicationConditionsFullRR/2023/720/P
  2. 2023
    31 Mar

    Proposed addition of roof lantern and solar panels to main house, alterations to the cottage, and…

    ApprovedHeritageFiled alongsideRR/2023/721/L

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