Willow Tree Cottage Franks Hollow Road Speldhurst Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0UA
Approved on 2 January 2019
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) - Change of use from agricultural use to garden land.
- Received
- 7 November 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Speldhurst & Bidborough
- ReceivedReceived7 Nov
- ValidatedValidated7 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date2 Jan
- DecidedDecided2 Jan
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Willow Tree Cottage Franks Hollow Road Speldhurst Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0UA. Tunbridge Wells has handled 227 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN3 postcode area.
89% of amendment 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 0UA
- Application type
- Lawful Development Cert. (Existing)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Speldhurst Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 November 2018
- Target decision date
- 2 January 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Madgwick and Dottridge
- Agent address
- 16 Mount Ephraim Tunbridge Wells Kent, TN4 8AS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Tunbridge Wells
- 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)
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, 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.
- 202510 Mar
Demolition of existing conservatory; construction of single storey front & rear extensions
ApprovedFull Application25/00596/FULL - 202211 May
Construction of new garage
ApprovedFull Application22/01415/FULL - 20218 Nov
Erection of a single storey, three bay garage
ApprovedFull Application21/03738/FULL - 201920 Mar
Conversion of garage to residential
ApprovedFull Application19/01025/FULL
Source: Tunbridge Wells
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