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Shepherds Lawn West Road Goudhurst Cranbrook TN17 1AA

16/07426/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 January 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Installation of solar panels on existing flat roof

Received
17 November 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Goudhurst & Lamberhurst
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated21 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Dec
  4. Target16 Jan
  5. Decided13 Jan

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Shepherds Lawn West Road Goudhurst Cranbrook TN17 1AA. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,133 applications in total for the TN17 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
TN17 1AA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Goudhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 November 2016
Consultation expiry
6 January 2017
Consultation start
24 November 2016
Consultation end
15 December 2016
Neighbour consultation start
24 November 2016
Neighbour consultation end
15 December 2016
Target decision date
16 January 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Simon McKay Unit 2 Hartley Dyke Business Centre Swattenden Lane Cranbrook TN17 3QG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 December 2016
Advertisement expiry
23 December 2016
Site notice start
16 December 2016
Site notice end
6 January 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05631494
Documents
13
Constraints
10

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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Source: Tunbridge Wells

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