The White House Highgate Hill Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4LB

19/01271/FULLFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 23 December 2019

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of 43 retirement living apartments with associated communal facilities, access, parking and landscaping (resubmission of application 18/02767/FULL)

Received: 8 May 2019
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Ward: Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
Agent: The Planning Bureau Ltd

ReceivedReceived8 May
ValidatedValidated24 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date23 Aug
DecidedDecided23 Dec

Decided in 213 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The White House Highgate Hill Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4LB. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 229 days, 26 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 7 other applications 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 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: TN18 4LB
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 May 2019
Consultation expiry: 28 June 2019
Target decision date: 23 August 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent: The Planning Bureau Ltd
Agent address: 2 Genesis Business Park Albert Drive Woking GU21 5RW

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 7 June 2019
Advertisement expiry: 28 June 2019
Site notice start: 30 May 2019
Site notice end: 28 June 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-07759929
Documents: 113
Constraints: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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