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Old Oak Stables Bentham Hill, Stockland Green Road Speldhurst Royal Tunbridge Wells TN3 0TJ

15/510025/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 February 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Detached garage/garden store with room in roof space.

Received
2 December 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Southborough North
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.27 Jan
  4. Target3 Feb
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Old Oak Stables Bentham Hill, Stockland Green Road Speldhurst Royal Tunbridge Wells TN3 0TJ. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN3 0TJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Southborough Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2015
Consultation expiry
27 January 2016
Consultation start
30 December 2015
Consultation end
27 January 2016
Neighbour consultation start
14 December 2015
Neighbour consultation end
11 January 2016
Target decision date
3 February 2016
Permission expires
3 February 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Stable Office Furnace Farm Furnace Lane Lamberhurst Kent TN3 8LE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 January 2016
Advertisement expiry
22 January 2016
Site notice start
30 December 2015
Site notice end
20 January 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04656015
Documents
12
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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  2. 2015
    2 Dec

    Detached garage/garden store with room in roof space.

    This applicationApprovedFull15/510025/FULL

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