Land Adjacent To The Old Parsonage Balcombes Hill Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent

15/500379/ENVSCREIA Screening OpinionPermitted

Outline / PiP

Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion - Erection of proposed C2 housing with care for the elderly, consisting of a part 2, part 3 storey block of 12 no. 2 bed apartments, 5 no. 2 bed bungalows and 4 no. 2 storey 2 bed houses (14/506621/FULL refers)

Received: 26 January 2015
Decided: 27 January 2015 · Environmental Impact Assessment Not Req.
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Ward: Goudhurst & Lamberhurst

Approximate site (title boundary)

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ReceivedReceived26 Jan
ValidatedValidated26 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date16 Feb
DecidedDecided27 Jan

Decided in 1 day (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Tunbridge Wells89% of outline applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is an outline application at Land Adjacent To The Old Parsonage Balcombes Hill Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 52 days. This one was decided in 1 day, 7 weeks quicker than Tunbridge Wells's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 14 other applications at this address.

Application Details

Reference

15/500379/ENVSCR

Address

Land Adjacent To The Old Parsonage Balcombes Hill Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent

Local Authority

Tunbridge Wells

Application Type

EIA Screening Opinion

Scale / Size

Medium

Decision Status

Permitted

Current Status

Decided

Ward

Goudhurst & Lamberhurst

Parish

Goudhurst Parish Council

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address

6 Progress Business Park Whittle Parkway Bath Road Slough Berkshire SL1 6DQ

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

26 January 2015

Target Decision Date

16 February 2015

Date Decided

27 January 2015

Date Validated

26 January 2015

Date Submitted

26 January 2015

Planning Decision

Decision

Environmental Impact Assessment Not Req.

Decided By

Delegated Decision

Statutory Period

21 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents

Constraints

Coordinates

51.112022, 0.459892

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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Associated applications

2015
16 Dec
Erection of C2 Housing with care for the elderly, comprising of 12 x 2 bedroom apartments 7 x 2 bedroom…
RefusedFull ApplicationRelated15/510395/FULL
2015
26 Jan
EIA Screening Opinion - Erection of proposed C2 housing with care for the elderly, consisting of a part 2…
This applicationApprovedOutline15/500379/ENVSCR
2014
18 Dec
Erection of proposed C2 housing with care for the elderly, consisting of a part 2, part 3 storey block of 12…
WithdrawnFull ApplicationPart of14/506621/FULL

Planning history at this site

13 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

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, 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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