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The Grange Franks Hollow Road Bidborough Royal Tunbridge Wells TN3 0UD

19/00349/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 30 August 2019

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Listed building consent: Demolition of two existing outbuildings.

Received
8 February 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Speldhurst & Bidborough
Agent
Limehouse Design Partnership
  1. Received8 Feb
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided30 Aug

Decided in 166 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at The Grange Franks Hollow Road Bidborough Royal Tunbridge Wells TN3 0UD. Tunbridge Wells has handled 261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 203 days, 22 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN3 postcode area.

96% of heritage 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 0UD
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bidborough Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2019
Consultation expiry
6 August 2019
Target decision date
12 May 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Limehouse Design Partnership
Agent address
Foxgloves Studio Gandish Road, East Bergholt Colchester, CO7 6UR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 April 2019
Advertisement expiry
10 May 2019
Site notice start
23 July 2019
Site notice end
6 August 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07602286
Documents
20
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II*: The GrangeOn this site · +2 more
  • Green belt: Tunbridge WellsPart of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): High WealdPart 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, 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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Source: Tunbridge Wells

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