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Fir Trees Heartenoak Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent

02/02771/FULMJMajor Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 August 2003

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

32 No residential units which includes 4 no. 1 bed flats, 16 no. 2 bed houses, 11 no. 3 bed houses and 1 no. 4 bed house. (8 units of which are to be affordable units.

Received
19 November 2002
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
  1. Received19 Nov
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Aug

Decided in 262 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Fir Trees Heartenoak Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 262 days, 29 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address.

96% of full applications at Tunbridge Wells Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Major Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
32
Parish
Hawkhurst

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2002
Consultation expiry
20 December 2002

Publicity

Last advertised
29 November 2002
Advertisement expiry
20 December 2002

Additional information

Documents
62
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: The Lodge, Fir TreesOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, 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, ancient woodland, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2002
    19 Nov

    32 No residential units which includes 4 no. 1 bed flats, 16 no. 2 bed houses, 11 no. 3 bed houses and 1 no…

    This applicationApprovedFull02/02771/FULMJ
  2. 2002
    12 Nov

    Submission of details of replacement boundary treatment pursuant to condition 1 of TW/99/00522

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside02/03061/SUB

Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2017
    5 Oct

    Trees in a Conservation Area Notification: Willow Tree (T1) - Cut back beyond boundary between Norris Close…

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area17/03300/TCA
  2. 2006
    14 Feb

    Condition 17 of TW/02/02771/FULMJ

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions06/00426/SUB
  3. 2006
    14 Feb

    Condition 4 of TW/02/02771/FULMJ

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions06/00425/SUB
  4. 2005
    1 Jun

    Details for storage and screening of refuse pursuant to Condition 17 of TW/02/02771

    RefusedDischarge of conditions05/01379/SUB
  5. 2003
    20 Aug

    Submission of drainage details pursuant to condition 5 pf TW/02/02771

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions03/02122/SUB
  6. 2003
    20 Aug

    Submission of lighting details pursuant to condition 7 of TW/02/02771

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions03/02124/SUB

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