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23 High Street Pembury Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4PH

20/00316/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 9 April 2020

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed Building Consent: Change of use of No 23 High Street from dwellinghouse to office; internal alterations to link with No 23a High Street, plus new advertisement signage

Received
1 February 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pembury
Agent
Patrick Durr Associates
  1. Received1 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Apr
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at 23 High Street Pembury Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4PH. Tunbridge Wells has handled 262 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,577 applications in total for the TN2 postcode area.

96% of heritage 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 4PH
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Pembury Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2020
Consultation expiry
27 March 2020
Target decision date
13 April 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Patrick Durr Associates
Agent address
St Cubys Blind Lane Goudhurst Kent, TN17 1EL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 March 2020
Advertisement expiry
27 March 2020
Site notice start
4 March 2020
Site notice end
25 March 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08470882
Documents
14
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    1 Feb

    Change of use of No 23 High Street from dwellinghouse to office; internal alterations to link with No 23a…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationFiled alongside20/00315/FULL
  2. 2020
    1 Feb

    Listed Building Consent: Change of use of No 23 High Street from dwellinghouse to office; internal…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent20/00316/LBC

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