Hawkhurst Place Farm Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent
Approved on 23 January 2019
Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of an agricultural building to a flexible use falling within Class B8 (Storage and distribution) For its prior approval to: - Transport and highways impacts - Noise impacts - Contamination risk - Flooding risks
- Received
- 15 November 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
- Agent
- Bloomfields Ltd
- ReceivedReceived15 Nov
- ValidatedValidated28 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date23 Jan
- DecidedDecided23 Jan
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Hawkhurst Place Farm Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 3 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address.
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
- Application type
- Prior Notification Class R
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hawkhurst Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 November 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 20 January 2019
- Target decision date
- 23 January 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Bloomfields Ltd
- Agent address
- 77 Commercial Road Paddock Wood Tonbridge Kent TN12 6DS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 28 December 2018
- Site notice end
- 20 January 2019
Additional information
- Documents
- 16
- Constraints
- 6
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 (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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202115 Dec
EIA Screening Opinion - Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) of 20/01984/FULL
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)22/00117/ENVSCR - 202125 Nov
Car port
ApprovedFull Application21/03931/FULL - 202016 Jul
EIA Screening Opinion - Demolition of redundant buildings; provision of significant landscaping and…
ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion20/02024/ENVSCR - 202016 Jul
Demolition of redundant buildings; conversion of buildings from a flexible commercial use falling within…
ApprovedFull Application20/01984/FULL
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