Brook House Cranbrook Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 5EE

18/03385/OUTOutline ApplicationRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 25 February 2019

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Outline (Access Not Reserved) - Proposed Demolition of Existing Building and Erection of 25 Apartments with Affordable Housing, Parking Provision, New Highway Access and Other Ancillary Works

Received: 29 October 2018
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Ward: Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
Agent: Consilium Town Planning Services Limited

ReceivedReceived29 Oct
ValidatedValidated26 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date25 Feb
DecidedDecided25 Feb

Decided in 91 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 119 days, 10 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: Outline Application
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 25
Parish: Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 November 2018
Consultation expiry: 18 January 2019
Target decision date: 25 February 2019

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 28 December 2018
Advertisement expiry: 18 January 2019
Site notice start: 18 December 2018
Site notice end: 8 January 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-07381586
Documents: 39
Constraints: 9

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: Former Springfield Garden Centre Cranbrook Road Hawkhurst TN18 5EERegister 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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