Upper Church Of St Peters Hastings Road Pembury Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4PD
Approved on 31 January 2020
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Construction of a new single-storey church & community hall with toilets, a kitchen and ancillary spaces. Existing opening to be infilled and a new opening formed to provide access to the new kitchen and emergency escape. Proposed enclosed store for refuse and re-cycling bins.
- Received
- 5 August 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Pembury
- Agent
- Thomas Ford and Partners
- ReceivedReceived5 Aug
- ValidatedValidated30 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date25 Nov
- DecidedDecided31 Jan
Decided in 123 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Upper Church Of St Peters Hastings Road Pembury Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4PD. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 179 days, 18 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. 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 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- TN2 4PD
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Pembury Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 September 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 8 November 2019
- Target decision date
- 25 November 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Thomas Ford and Partners
- Architect profile
- THOMAS FORD & PARTNERS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 177 Kirkdale London SE26 4QH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 18 October 2019
- Advertisement expiry
- 8 November 2019
- Site notice start
- 11 October 2019
- Site notice end
- 1 November 2019
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-07550842
- Documents
- 30
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Listed building: Grade II: Churchyard Walls Belonging to the Upper Church of St PeterOn this site · +1 more
- 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, 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, National Landscapes, 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Tunbridge Wells
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