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Land Off Chequers Road Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent

15/501216/OUTOutline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 29 March 2016

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application for a residential development for older residents with all matters to be reserved for future consideration.

Received
11 February 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Goudhurst & Lamberhurst
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.7 Mar
  4. Target8 Apr
  5. Decided29 Mar

Decided in 412 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Off Chequers Road Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 412 days, 52 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address.

89% of outline 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
Outline Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Goudhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2015
Consultation expiry
7 March 2016
Consultation start
15 February 2016
Consultation end
7 March 2016
Neighbour consultation start
15 February 2016
Neighbour consultation end
29 February 2016
Target decision date
8 April 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Greenacres Barn Stoke Common Lane Purton Stoke Swindon Wiltshire SN5 4LL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 March 2015
Advertisement expiry
10 April 2015
Site notice start
18 March 2015
Site notice end
8 April 2015

Additional information

Documents
49
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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Associated applications

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  2. 2015
    11 Feb

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