Highgate Service Station Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4HA

18/00798/FULLFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 23 May 2018

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

New shopfront and extension of sales building to west, and single storey extension to south side of sales building. Minor external alterations to existing sales building. Change of use of part of sales building to A1 sandwich bar. Installation of electrical intake cupboard on east elevation of sales building

Received: 8 March 2018
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Ward: Hawkhurst & Sandhurst

ReceivedReceived8 Mar
ValidatedValidated28 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date23 May
DecidedDecided23 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Highgate Service Station Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4HA. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks 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.

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: TN18 4HA
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 March 2018
Consultation expiry: 11 May 2018
Target decision date: 23 May 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address: The Cart Shed Amberley Court Old Elstead Road Milford GU8 5EB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 20 April 2018
Advertisement expiry: 11 May 2018
Site notice start: 18 April 2018
Site notice end: 9 May 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-06802675
Documents: 18
Constraints: 8

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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2018
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This applicationApprovedFull18/00798/FULL

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13 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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