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1 Orchard Cottages Ashurst Hill Ashurst Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9TH

07/01726/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 21 August 2007

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of conservatory to rear

Received
18 May 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Speldhurst & Bidborough
  1. Received18 May
  2. Validated9 Jul
  3. Consult.30 Jul
  4. Target3 Sep
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a conservatory at 1 Orchard Cottages Ashurst Hill Ashurst Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9TH. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 7 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN3 postcode area.

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

Postcode
TN3 9TH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Speldhurst

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 July 2007
Consultation expiry
10 August 2007
Consultation start
9 July 2007
Consultation end
30 July 2007
Neighbour consultation start
9 July 2007
Neighbour consultation end
30 July 2007
Target decision date
3 September 2007

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 July 2007
Advertisement expiry
10 August 2007
Site notice start
13 July 2007
Site notice end
3 August 2007

Additional information

Documents
16
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Orchard CottagesOn or next to this site
  • Green belt: Tunbridge Wells
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald

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 (18)

flood storage areas, 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. 2007
    18 May

    Erection of conservatory to rear

    This applicationRefusedFull07/01726/FUL
  2. 2007
    18 May

    EIA Screening Opinion: Erection of conservatory to rear (TW/07/01726

    ApprovedEIA Screening OpinionFiled alongside07/01728/EIASCR

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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