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Grovehurst The Coach House Pembury Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4NE

18/03947/FULLFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 3 May 2019

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of 60 stand alone solar PV on Mounting Frames in connection with domestic use at Grovehurst The Coach House.

Received
19 December 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Park
Agent
Xpand it Building Services
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated1 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 May
  5. Decided3 May

Decided in 91 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Grovehurst The Coach House Pembury Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4NE. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 135 days, 12 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Park. 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 4NE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 February 2019
Consultation expiry
15 March 2019
Target decision date
3 May 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Xpand it Building Services
Agent address
Willow Barn Farm Redbrook Street Woodchurch Ashford TN26 3QR United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 February 2019
Advertisement expiry
15 March 2019
Site notice start
22 February 2019
Site notice end
15 March 2019

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed and or Notice Upheld

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07487351
Documents
34
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Tunbridge Wells
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Ancient woodlandPart 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 (18)

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, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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