Lockskinners Farm Lockskinners Chiddingstone KENT TN8 7NA

19/02061/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 17 January 2020

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Partial demolition of workshops/offices (building 2) and conversion to facilitate a gym with alterations to fenestration. Demolition of storage area and partial conversion of existing stables with installation of mezzaninaktere floor for light industrial/workshops and offices, with alteration to fenestration. Erection of two stable blocks. Relocation of site access and associated landscaping.

Received: 12 July 2019
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sevenoaks District Council
Ward: Penshurst, Fordcombe & Chiddingstone

ReceivedReceived12 Jul
ValidatedValidated19 Jul
Consult.Consultation3 Jan
TargetTarget Date13 Sep
DecidedDecided17 Jan

Decided in 182 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Lockskinners Farm Lockskinners Chiddingstone KENT TN8 7NA. Sevenoaks has handled 1,736 applications of this type. This one was decided in 189 days, 19 weeks longer than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Penshurst, Fordcombe & Chiddingstone. We hold 1,036 applications in total for the TN8 postcode area.

89% of full applications at Sevenoaks District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: TN8 7NA
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Chiddingstone

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 July 2019
Last date for comments: 3 January 2020
Target decision date: 13 September 2019
Permission expires: 17 January 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Medway House Studio High Street Cowden Edenbridge TN8 7JQ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-07982084
Documents: 33
Constraints: 18

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Green belt: Sevenoaks
National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
Ancient woodlandPart of the site · +2 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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