Orchard Business Park Furnace Lane Horsmonden Tonbridge Kent
Approved on 27 August 2015
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of two office buildings to eight apartments and one dwellinghouse with associated internal alterations and changes to fenestration
- Received
- 12 February 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Brenchley & Horsmonden
- ReceivedReceived12 Feb
- ValidatedValidated15 May
- Consult.Consultation11 Jun
- TargetTarget Date10 Jul
- DecidedDecided27 Aug
Decided in 104 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Orchard Business Park Furnace Lane Horsmonden Tonbridge Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 196 days, 20 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address.
96% of full applications at Tunbridge Wells Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Horsmonden Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 May 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 25 June 2015
- Consultation start
- 21 May 2015
- Consultation end
- 11 June 2015
- Neighbour consultation start
- 21 May 2015
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 June 2015
- Target decision date
- 10 July 2015
- Permission expires
- 27 August 2018
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 51 Bayham Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5HU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 4 June 2015
- Site notice end
- 25 June 2015
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-03973037
- Documents
- 33
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (21)
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201826 Mar
Removal of full length windows and door on north west elevation at ground floor level, and replacement with…
ApprovedFull Application18/00975/FULL - 20132 Sep
Outline application for demolition of existing office building and erection of 4 no. detached houses - access…
RefusedOutline Application13/02542/OUT
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