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Mill Cottage Penshurst Road Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0XJ

18/02857/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 November 2018

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Erection of a timber summerhouse.

Received
7 September 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Speldhurst & Bidborough
  1. Received7 Sep
  2. Validated21 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Nov
  5. Decided9 Nov

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Mill Cottage Penshurst Road Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0XJ. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 1,125 applications in total for the TN3 postcode area.

96% of full 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
TN3 0XJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bidborough Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 September 2018
Consultation expiry
26 October 2018
Target decision date
16 November 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 October 2018
Advertisement expiry
26 October 2018
Site notice start
4 October 2018
Site notice end
25 October 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07245336
Documents
7
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Mill CottageOn this site
  • Green belt: Tunbridge Wells
  • National Landscape (AONB): High WealdPart of the site
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, 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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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    30 Jun

    Installation of two roof lights in rear roof elevation

    ApprovedFull Application22/01959/FULL
  2. 2022
    30 Jun

    Listed Building Consent: Installation of two roof lights in rear roof elevation

    ApprovedListed building consent22/01960/LBC
  3. 2021
    2 Mar

    Submission of Details in Relation to Conditions 3 (Brickwork Sample); 4 (Roof Cladding Details); 5 (Window…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions21/00697/SUB
  4. 2019
    16 Dec

    Single storey side extension to east elevation.

    ApprovedFull Application19/03564/FULL
  5. 2019
    16 Dec

    Listed Building Consent: Single storey side extension to east elevation.

    ApprovedListed building consent19/03565/LBC
  6. 2019
    13 May

    Submission of Details in Relation to Condition 3 (Materials) of 18/03700/FULL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions19/01315/SUB

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