Stable To The Rear Merryham House Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent

05/03163/FULFull ApplicationRefused

Full

Refused on 14 June 2006

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Conversion of stable building to residential dwelling

Received: 30 November 2005
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Ward: Hawkhurst & Sandhurst

ReceivedReceived30 Nov
ValidatedValidated15 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided14 Jun

Decided in 30 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Stable To The Rear Merryham House Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 196 days, 21 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

96% of full applications at Tunbridge Wells Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Hawkhurst

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 May 2006
Consultation expiry: 16 June 2006

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 6 Russells Yard Cranbrook Kent TN17 3HD

Publicity

Last advertised: 26 May 2006
Advertisement expiry: 16 June 2006
Site notice start: 18 May 2006
Site notice end: 8 June 2006

Additional information

Documents: 16
Constraints: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II: The ColonnadeOn or next to this site
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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Source: Tunbridge Wells

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