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Land Off Chequers Road Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent

16/07510/OUTOutline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 18 January 2017

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline (All matters reserved) - Residential development (4 No. bungalows for older residents)

Received
24 November 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Goudhurst & Lamberhurst
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.21 Dec
  4. Target19 Jan
  5. Decided18 Jan

Decided in 55 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 55 days, 6 days 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
24 November 2016
Consultation expiry
30 December 2016
Consultation start
30 November 2016
Consultation end
21 December 2016
Neighbour consultation start
30 November 2016
Neighbour consultation end
21 December 2016
Target decision date
19 January 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
F.A.O. Mr Sam Eachus Greenacres Barn Stoke Common Lane Purton Stoke Swindon Wiltshire SN5 4LL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 December 2016
Advertisement expiry
30 December 2016
Site notice start
6 December 2016
Site notice end
30 December 2016

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed and or Notice Upheld

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05651225
Documents
54
Constraints
4

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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2016
    24 Nov

    Outline (All matters reserved) - Residential development (4 No. bungalows for older residents)

    This applicationRefusedOutline16/07510/OUT
  2. 2016
    24 Nov

    EIA Screening Opinion - Outline (All matters reserved) - Residential development (bungalows for older…

    ApprovedEIA Screening OpinionFiled alongside16/07539/ENVSCR

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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