The Old School House Ashurst Road Ashurst Royal Tunbridge Wells TN3 9TE
Approved on 19 January 2017
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Loft conversion with associated raising of flat roof section, installation of conservation rooflights; single storey porch extension on rear elevation
- Received
- 28 November 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Speldhurst & Bidborough
- ReceivedReceived28 Nov
- ValidatedValidated28 Nov
- Consult.Consultation21 Dec
- TargetTarget Date23 Jan
- DecidedDecided19 Jan
Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at The Old School House Ashurst Road Ashurst Royal Tunbridge Wells TN3 9TE. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,125 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 9TE
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Speldhurst Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 November 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 10 January 2017
- 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
- 23 January 2017
- Permission expires
- 19 January 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Mr Ian Hudson 2 Wilman Road Tunbridge Wells TN4 9AJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 20 December 2016
- Site notice end
- 10 January 2017
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-05656667
- Documents
- 17
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Tunbridge Wells
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