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

16/07083/FULLFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 18 January 2017

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Two storey side extension

Received
24 October 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Speldhurst & Bidborough
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Jan

Decided in 61 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey side extension at 3 Orchard Cottages Ashurst Hill Ashurst Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9TH. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 5 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 full 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
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Speldhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2016
Consultation expiry
23 December 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Passfield Framfield Road Buxted East Sussex TN22 4PG

Publicity

Last advertised
2 December 2016
Advertisement expiry
23 December 2016
Site notice start
24 November 2016
Site notice end
15 December 2016

Additional information

Documents
17
Constraints
12

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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Planning history at this site

13 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. 2013
    14 Nov

    Listed Building Consent - First floor rear extension

    RefusedListed building consent13/03389/LBC
  5. 2013
    14 Nov

    First floor rear extension

    RefusedHouseholder13/03388/HOUSE
  6. 2013
    18 Jun

    First floor rear extension

    RefusedHouseholder13/01711/HOUSE

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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