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8 John Stacey Heights High Ridge Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent

19/01865/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 September 2019

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from over night carers accomodation to office accomodation

Received
2 July 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Goudhurst & Lamberhurst
  1. Received2 Jul
  2. Validated19 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Sep
  5. Decided13 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 8 John Stacey Heights High Ridge Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address.

96% of full applications at Tunbridge Wells Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Goudhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 July 2019
Consultation expiry
5 September 2019
Target decision date
13 September 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
14 August 2019
Site notice end
5 September 2019

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: ClayhillOn or next to this site
  • 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, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2019
    2 Jul

    Change of use from over night carers accomodation to office accomodation

    This applicationApprovedFull19/01865/FULL
  2. 2019
    2 Jul

    EIA Screening Opinion - Change of use from over night carers accomodation to office accomodation…

    ApprovedEIA Screening OpinionRelated19/02087/ENVSCR

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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