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

13/01712/LBCListed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 3 September 2013

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Listed Building Consent - First floor rear extension

Received
18 June 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Speldhurst & Bidborough
  1. Received18 Jun
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.1 Aug
  4. Target5 Sep
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a rear extension at 3 Orchard Cottages Ashurst Hill Ashurst Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9TH. Tunbridge Wells has handled 261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 11 other applications at this address. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN3 postcode area.

96% of heritage 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
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Speldhurst

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2013
Consultation expiry
10 August 2013
Consultation start
11 July 2013
Consultation end
1 August 2013
Target decision date
5 September 2013
Decision issued
4 September 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Passfield Framfield Road Buxted East Sussex TN22 4PG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 July 2013
Advertisement expiry
10 August 2013

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Orchard CottagesOn or next to this site
  • Green belt: Tunbridge Wells
  • 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 (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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2013
    18 Jun

    First floor rear extension

    RefusedHouseholderFiled alongside13/01711/HOUSE
  2. 2013
    18 Jun

    Listed Building Consent - First floor rear extension

    This applicationRefusedListed building consent13/01712/LBC

Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2018
    5 Jun

    Submission of Details in Relation to Condition 3 (Weatherboarding); 4 (Tile & Brick Samples) & 5 (Render &…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions18/01831/SUB
  2. 2018
    18 Jan

    Erection of a single storey rear extension

    ApprovedFull Application18/00224/FULL
  3. 2018
    18 Jan

    Listed Building Consent - Erection of a single storey rear extension

    ApprovedListed building consent18/00227/LBC
  4. 2016
    24 Oct

    Two storey side extension

    RefusedFull Application16/07083/FULL
  5. 2013
    14 Nov

    Listed Building Consent - First floor rear extension

    RefusedListed building consent13/03389/LBC
  6. 2013
    14 Nov

    First floor rear extension

    RefusedHouseholder13/03388/HOUSE

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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