Beechin Wood Farm Beechinwood Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent

22/00460/FLPlanning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 27 January 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Conversion of the water tower into residential use. Demolition of the existing commercial buildings and construction of 7no. new residential dwellings and ecology park

Received: 1 March 2022
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Ward: Borough Green And Long Mill

ReceivedReceived1 Mar
ValidatedValidated7 Mar
Consult.Consultation28 Nov
TargetTarget Date2 May
DecidedDecided27 Jan

Decided in 326 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Beechin Wood Farm Beechinwood Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. This one was decided in 332 days, 38 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address.

93% of full applications at Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Platt
District: Team 2

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 March 2022
Consultation expiry: 28 November 2022
Consultation start: 14 November 2022
Consultation end: 28 November 2022
Neighbour consultation start: 6 April 2022
Neighbour consultation end: 29 April 2022
Last date for comments: 28 November 2022
Target decision date: 2 May 2022
Permission expires: 27 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Mr Paul McPartland 54 High Street Sevenoaks TN13 1JG Kent

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 8 April 2022
Site notice end: 29 April 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11078326
UPRN: 010013922489
Documents: 52
Constraints: 54

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Green belt: Tonbridge and Malling
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, National Landscapes, 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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Conversion of the water tower into residential use. Demolition of the existing commercial buildings and…
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