Unit 1 Roughway Paper Mill Roughway Lane Roughway Tonbridge Kent

23/00570/LDPLawful Development Cert Proposed NEWApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 May 2023

Council decision: CertifiesDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: Use of the building for the manufacturing of ink products

Received: 14 March 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Ward: Bourne

ReceivedReceived14 Mar
ValidatedValidated24 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date19 May
DecidedDecided18 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application at Unit 1 Roughway Paper Mill Roughway Lane Roughway Tonbridge Kent. Tonbridge has handled 1,058 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 186 applications across Bourne.

93% of outline 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: Lawful Development Cert Proposed NEW
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Plaxtol
District: Team 3

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 March 2023
Target decision date: 19 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Andy Stevens Old Bank Chambers London Road Crowborough TN6 2TT

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12001245
UPRN: 010013923466
Documents: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Listed building: Grade II: Bridge Over the River Bourne at RoughwaysOn or next to this site
Green belt: Tonbridge and Malling
Scheduled monument: Roughway BridgePart of the site
National Landscape (AONB): Kent DownsPart of the site
Ancient woodlandPart of the site

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 (17)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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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Source: Tonbridge

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