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Orchard Business Park Furnace Lane Horsmonden Tonbridge TN12 8LX

16/500471/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 March 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from B1 (offices) to C3 (7 dwellings) to include internal and external alterations.

Received
21 January 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Brenchley & Horsmonden
  1. Received21 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.1 Mar
  4. Target18 Mar
  5. Decided14 Mar

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Orchard Business Park Furnace Lane Horsmonden Tonbridge TN12 8LX. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,127 applications in total for the TN12 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
TN12 8LX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Horsmonden Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2016
Consultation expiry
7 March 2016
Consultation start
5 February 2016
Consultation end
1 March 2016
Neighbour consultation start
8 February 2016
Neighbour consultation end
7 March 2016
Target decision date
18 March 2016
Permission expires
14 March 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr L Hutchinson 26 Kings Hill Avenue King Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4AE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
4 February 2016
Site notice end
1 March 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04773144
Documents
21
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

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, National Landscapes, 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
    20 Dec

    Submission of details in relation to Condition 11 - (Parking) of 16/500471/FULL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions16/07798/SUB
  2. 2016
    2 Sep

    Submission of details in relation to Condition 10 - External Lighting Details (16/500471/FULL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions16/06430/SUB
  3. 2016
    21 Jan

    Change of use from B1 (offices) to C3 (7 dwellings) to include internal and external alterations.

    This applicationApprovedFull16/500471/FULL

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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