Highgate Service Station Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4HA

17/03212/ADVAdvert ApplicationApproved

Advertisement consent

Approved on 28 November 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Advertisement - 3 No. non-illuminated freestanding forecourt signs; 7 No. non-illuminated wall mounted signs (Part retrospective)

Received: 28 September 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Ward: Hawkhurst & Sandhurst

ReceivedReceived28 Sep
ValidatedValidated3 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date28 Nov
DecidedDecided28 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Highgate Service Station Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4HA. Tunbridge Wells has handled 58 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 13 other applications at this address. We hold 717 applications in total for the TN18 postcode area.

100% of advertising 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: TN18 4HA
Application type: Advert Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 October 2017
Consultation expiry: 15 November 2017
Target decision date: 28 November 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address: FAO Mr Graham Adcock Elta House Birmingham Road Stratford Upon Avon Warwickshire CV37 0AQ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 25 October 2017
Site notice end: 15 November 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-06377752
Documents: 13
Constraints: 7

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.

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Associated applications

2017
29 Sep
EIA Screening Opinion - Variation of Condition 8 (Opening Hours) of Planning Consent 94/00357/FUL
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongside17/03221/ENVSCR
2017
28 Sep
Advertisement - 3 No. non-illuminated freestanding forecourt signs; 7 No. non-illuminated wall mounted signs…
This applicationApprovedAdvertisement consent17/03212/ADV
2017
27 Sep
Variation of Condition 8 (Opening Hours) of Planning Consent 94/00357/FUL
WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongside17/03191/FULL

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12 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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