Highgate Hall Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4EY

20/01631/SUBSubmission of DetailsApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 21 December 2020

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Submission of Details in Relation to Conditions 3 (External Materials), 4 (Tree Protection Plan), 5 (Details for the Storage and Screening of Refuse) and 7 (Landscape Scheme) of 17/04116/FULL

Received: 15 June 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Ward: Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
Agent: DGJ Architecture Ltd

ReceivedReceived15 Jun
ValidatedValidated15 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided21 Dec

Decided in 189 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Highgate Hall Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4EY. Tunbridge Wells has handled 814 applications of this type. This one was decided in 189 days, 19 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.

98% of conditions 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 4EY
Application type: Submission of Details
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 June 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent: DGJ Architecture Ltd
Agent address: Cockmount Studio Jonas Lane Wadhurst East Sussex, TN5 6UJ

Additional information

Documents: 11
Constraints: 8

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
15 Jun
Submission of Details in Relation to Conditions 3 (External Materials), 4 (Tree Protection Plan), 5 (Details…
This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions20/01631/SUB
2017
8 Dec
EIA Screening Opinion: Change of use and conversion of Highgate Hall from residential institution to create 8…
ApprovedEIA Screening OpinionRelated17/04141/ENVSCR
2017
6 Dec
Change of use and conversion of Highgate Hall from residential institution to create 8 No. self-contained…
ApprovedFull ApplicationPart of17/04116/FULL

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Source: Tunbridge Wells

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