Downs Farm Pilgrims Way Rochester ME1 3RB
Refused on 22 February 2023
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of a two bedroom detached dwelling with mezzanine and basement, associated curtilage and three parking spaces (Resubmission of TM/22/01210/FL)
- Received
- 29 December 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Burham And Wouldham
- ReceivedReceived29 Dec
- ValidatedValidated29 Dec
- Consult.Consultation2 Feb
- TargetTarget Date23 Feb
- DecidedDecided22 Feb
Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Downs Farm Pilgrims Way Rochester ME1 3RB. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 8 days quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 340 applications in total for the ME1 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- ME1 3RB
- Application type
- Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wouldham
- District
- Team 3
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 December 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 2 February 2023
- Consultation start
- 5 January 2023
- Consultation end
- 2 February 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 5 January 2023
- Target decision date
- 23 February 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Paul Nicholls 2 The Parade Ash Road Hartley Longfield DA3 8BG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- First advertised
- 12 January 2023
- Last advertised
- 12 January 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 2 February 2023
- Site notice start
- 6 January 2023
- Site notice end
- 27 January 2023
Appeal
- Appeal type
- Written Representations
- Appeal date
- 26 April 2023
- Appeal result
- Appeal Allowed
- Appeal decision date
- 9 November 2023
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11798378
- UPRN
- 010092969670
- Documents
- 29
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
- SSSI: Wouldham to Detling Escarpment SSSIPart of the site
- Ancient woodland: Harris'S CopsePart of the site
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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.
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