Notcutts Garden Centre Tonbridge Road Pembury Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4QN

18/03542/FULLFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 16 July 2019

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Extension to existing garden centre, improvements to the front entrance, rationalisation and formalisation of existing overflow car park, provision of new polytunnel/canopy, creation of feature garden, reconfiguration of existing play area, planteria and associated storage area

Received: 13 November 2018
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Ward: Pembury
Agent: DHA Planning

ReceivedReceived13 Nov
ValidatedValidated13 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date12 Feb
DecidedDecided16 Jul

Decided in 245 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Notcutts Garden Centre Tonbridge Road Pembury Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4QN. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 245 days, 28 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,580 applications in total for the TN2 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: TN2 4QN
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Pembury Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 November 2018
Consultation expiry: 18 January 2019
Target decision date: 12 February 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent: DHA Planning
Agent address: Eclipse House Eclipse 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: 20 December 2018
Site notice end: 14 January 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-07418046
Documents: 38
Constraints: 11

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Green belt: Tunbridge Wells
Ancient woodland: Owlsnest WoodPart 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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.

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