Brook House Cranbrook Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 5EE

17/03806/ENVSCREIA Screening OpinionApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 July 2018

Council decision: Environmental Impact Assessment Not Req.Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion: Outline (Access not reserved) - Demolition of existing building and erection of 25 apartments with affordable housing, parking provision, new highway access and other ancillary works (17/03780/OUT refers)

Received: 13 November 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Ward: Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
Agent: Consilium Town Planning Services Limited

ReceivedReceived13 Nov
ValidatedValidated27 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date18 Dec
DecidedDecided23 Jul

Decided in 238 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Brook House Cranbrook Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 5EE. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 252 days, 29 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 10 other applications at this address. We hold 717 applications in total for the TN18 postcode area.

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

Postcode: TN18 5EE
Application type: EIA Screening Opinion
Scale / size: Medium
Number of dwellings: 25
Parish: Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 November 2017
Target decision date: 18 December 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent: Consilium Town Planning Services Limited
Agent address: Globe House Eclipse Business Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone Kent, ME14 3EN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 21 days

Additional information

Documents: 3
Constraints: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
Brownfield land register: Brook House Cranbrook Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook KentRegister site at or near this address · +3 more
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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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2017
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RefusedOutline ApplicationPart of17/03780/OUT

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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