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Highgate Hall Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4EY

18/01776/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 September 2018

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of the office outbuilding within the grounds of Highgate Hall (Retrospective)

Received
5 June 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
  1. Received5 Jun
  2. Validated16 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Sep
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Highgate Hall Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4EY. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 12 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 4EY
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 July 2018
Consultation expiry
17 August 2018
Target decision date
10 September 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Julian Mamlok Cockmount Studio Jonas Lane Wadhurst East Sussex TN5 6UJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 July 2018
Advertisement expiry
17 August 2018
Site notice start
24 July 2018
Site notice end
14 August 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07029807
Documents
13
Constraints
6

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.

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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Planning history at this site

14 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    2 Sep

    Trees in Conservation Area notification - T1 (GOAT WILLOW) - Remove; T2 (GOAT WILLOW) - Remove side stem…

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area21/02997/TCA
  2. 2020
    23 Jun

    Submission of Details in Relation to Conditions 3 (Materials); 4 (Further material details); 6 (Details of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20/01730/SUB
  3. 2020
    15 Jun

    Submission of Details in Relation to Conditions 3 (External Materials), 4 (Tree Protection Plan), 5 (Details…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20/01631/SUB
  4. 2020
    6 Mar

    EIA Screening Opinion - Erection of dwelling and bin store

    ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion20/00964/ENVSCR
  5. 2020
    6 Mar

    Erection of dwelling and bin store

    WithdrawnFull Application20/00744/FULL
  6. 2019
    19 Jul

    EIA Screening Opinion - Partial demolition of north boundary wall down to stable substrate and rebuilding…

    ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion19/02611/ENVSCR

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