Highgate Hall Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4EY
Approved on 29 January 2020
Council decision: Environmental Impact Assessment Not Req.Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
EIA Screening Opinion - Partial demolition of north boundary wall down to stable substrate and rebuilding. (19/02060/FULL Refers)
- Received
- 19 July 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
- Agent
- John Wardle Limited
- ReceivedReceived19 Jul
- ValidatedValidated11 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date2 Oct
- DecidedDecided29 Jan
Decided in 140 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for demolition at Highgate Hall Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4EY. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 194 days, 21 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 12 other applications at this address. We hold 717 applications in total for the TN18 postcode area.
89% of outline 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 4EY
- Application type
- EIA Screening Opinion
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Hawkhurst Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 September 2019
- Target decision date
- 2 October 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- John Wardle Limited
- Agent address
- 5 Lotus Road Westerham TN16 3JL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 2
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
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.
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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- 201919 Jul
Partial demolition of north boundary wall down to stable substrate and rebuilding.
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Planning history at this site
13 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20212 Sep
Trees in Conservation Area notification - T1 (GOAT WILLOW) - Remove; T2 (GOAT WILLOW) - Remove side stem…
ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area21/02997/TCA - 202023 Jun
Submission of Details in Relation to Conditions 3 (Materials); 4 (Further material details); 6 (Details of…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions20/01730/SUB - 202015 Jun
Submission of Details in Relation to Conditions 3 (External Materials), 4 (Tree Protection Plan), 5 (Details…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions20/01631/SUB - 20206 Mar
EIA Screening Opinion - Erection of dwelling and bin store
ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion20/00964/ENVSCR - 20206 Mar
Erection of dwelling and bin store
WithdrawnFull Application20/00744/FULL - 201928 Jan
Construction of single dwelling within the Grounds of Highgate Hall
ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion19/01079/ENVSCR - 201928 Jan
Construction of single dwelling within the Grounds of Highgate Hall
RefusedFull Application19/00231/FULL - 20185 Jun
Demolition of the office outbuilding within the grounds of Highgate Hall (Retrospective)
ApprovedFull Application18/01776/FULL - 201810 May
Construction of a new single storey dwelling within the grounds of Highgate Hall
ApprovedFull Application18/01495/FULL - 20178 Dec
EIA Screening Opinion: Change of use and conversion of Highgate Hall from residential institution to create 8…
ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion17/04141/ENVSCR - 20176 Dec
Change of use and conversion of Highgate Hall from residential institution to create 8 No. self-contained…
ApprovedFull Application17/04116/FULL - 200528 Oct
Erect Parish Council Notice board on back fence of footpath outside Highgate Hall.
ApprovedFull Application05/02816/FUL - 20046 Dec
Resource building/offices/interview room as an addition to residential rehabilitation project.
ApprovedFull Application04/03224/FUL
Source: Tunbridge Wells
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