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Land To The Rear Of 1-10 Highgate Hill Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent

20/02930/ENVSCREIA Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 13 October 2020

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion: Outline Application (Access not reserved) - Erection of a single storey dwelling (20/02797/OUT Refers)

Received
24 September 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
Agent
The Rural Planning Practice
  1. Received24 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Oct

Decided in 14 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land To The Rear Of 1-10 Highgate Hill Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 4 weeks quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address.

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

Application type
EIA Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Rural Planning Practice
Agent address
53 - 55 High Street Cranbrook Kent, TN17 3EE

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

  1. 2020
    24 Sep

    Outline Application (Access not reserved) - Erection of a single storey dwelling

    RefusedOutline ApplicationPart of20/02797/OUT
  2. 2020
    24 Sep

    EIA Screening Opinion: Outline Application (Access not reserved) - Erection of a single storey dwelling…

    This applicationApprovedOutline20/02930/ENVSCR

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    22 Jul

    Removal of existing outbuildings & construction of garage building

    ApprovedFull Application24/01921/FULL

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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