Septimus Quayles Emporium Ockley Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4DP
Approved on 8 February 2019
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of retail shop area to domestic living room
- Received
- 19 November 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
- ReceivedReceived19 Nov
- ValidatedValidated14 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date8 Feb
- DecidedDecided8 Feb
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Septimus Quayles Emporium Ockley Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4DP. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 4DP
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hawkhurst Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 December 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 1 February 2019
- Target decision date
- 8 February 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Padmore Stream Lane Hawkhurst Kent, TN18 4RB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 11 January 2019
- Advertisement expiry
- 1 February 2019
- Site notice start
- 7 January 2019
- Site notice end
- 28 January 2019
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
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 (19)
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202327 Jul
Change of use with associated work to retail shop area to domestic use as part of the house
ApprovedFull Application23/02016/FULL - 202213 May
Change of use of existing ground floor shop to one ground floor flat with alterations to side elevations and…
ApprovedFull Application22/01456/FULL - 201918 Feb
Change of use of existing ground floor shop to one ground floor flat with alterations to side elevations and…
ApprovedFull Application19/00402/FULL - 201918 Feb
EIA Screening Opinion: Renewal of planning consent 15/504813/FULL
ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion19/01081/ENVSCR
Source: Tunbridge Wells
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