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Pond OS Plot 3666 Grovehurst Lane Horsmonden Tonbridge Kent

17/03320/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 January 2018

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective - Recreational fishery for use by a syndicate with maximum membership of up to 20 people (no more than 8 people fishing at any one time), including enlargement of existing top (north-west) fishing lake, retention of use of existing lower (east) lake as a fishing lake and its expansion with islands, associated landscaping including wildlife pond, closing off existing field gate off Grovehurst Lane and new gated opening to south leading to new parking area comprising 8 spaces, and new fishery hut in replacement of existing timber outbuilding

Received
6 October 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Brenchley & Horsmonden
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Jan
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Pond OS Plot 3666 Grovehurst Lane Horsmonden Tonbridge Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 6 other applications at this address.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Horsmonden Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2017
Consultation expiry
17 November 2017
Target decision date
15 January 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
F.A.O. Mrs Canan Clatworthy Ridgers Barn Bunny Lane Eridge Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9HA

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 October 2017
Advertisement expiry
17 November 2017
Site notice start
19 October 2017
Site notice end
17 November 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06425208
Documents
35
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.

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    6 Oct

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