Old Gasworks Site Talbot Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4NA
Refused on 2 August 2005
Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee
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Proposal
Erection of 7no. Houses and 4no. Maisonettes.
- Received
- 3 May 2005
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Ward
- Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
- ReceivedReceived3 May
- ValidatedValidated3 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date28 Jun
- DecidedDecided2 Aug
Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Old Gasworks Site Talbot Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4NA. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 717 applications in total for the TN18 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- TN18 4NA
- Application type
- Major Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Hawkhurst
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 May 2005
- Consultation expiry
- 3 June 2005
- Target decision date
- 28 June 2005
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Medway House Linden Close The Pantiles Royal Tunbridge Wells TN4 8HH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 13 May 2005
- Advertisement expiry
- 3 June 2005
- Site notice start
- 13 May 2005
- Site notice end
- 3 June 2005
Appeal
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed and or Notice Upheld
Additional information
- Documents
- 95
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
- Ancient woodlandNext to the site
- 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, 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, 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20055 Oct
Erection of 7 No. houses and 4 No. maisonettes
RefusedMajor Full Application05/02580/FULMJ - 200429 Jun
Residential development to provide 14 No. 2 bed flats and 12 No. parking spaces for surgery
RefusedMajor Full Application04/01735/FULMJ - 20046 Apr
Residential development to provide 12 no. flats and 4 no. houses and 12 no.parking spaces
RefusedMajor Full Application04/00917/FULMJ
Source: Tunbridge Wells
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