Orleigh Copthall Avenue Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4LR

20/01446/ENVSCREIA Screening OpinionApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 3 June 2020

Council decision: Environmental Impact Assessment Not Req.Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion - Proposed pair of semi detached houses to replace existing dwelling (20/01315/FULL Refers)

Received: 14 May 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Ward: Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
Agent: Chris Saunders Associates

ReceivedReceived14 May
ValidatedValidated20 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided3 Jun

Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Orleigh Copthall Avenue Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4LR. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 5 weeks quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 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 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: TN18 4LR
Application type: EIA Screening Opinion
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 May 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent: Chris Saunders Associates
Architect profile: CHRIS SAUNDERS ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address: Chris Saunders Associates Office 16 Apple Pie Farm Cranbrook Road, Benenden Cranbrook Kent, TN17 4EU

Additional information

Documents: 2
Constraints: 6

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.

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

2020
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Proposed pair of semi detached houses to replace existing dwelling
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2020
14 May
EIA Screening Opinion - Proposed pair of semi detached houses to replace existing dwelling (20/01315/FULL
This applicationApprovedOutline20/01446/ENVSCR

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Source: Tunbridge Wells

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