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The Old Parsonage Balcombes Hill Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent

20/03452/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 March 2021

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of two detached bungalows, parking landscaping and associated development, together with excavation works to create separate community parking area

Received
24 November 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Goudhurst & Lamberhurst
Agent
Hume Planning Consultancy Ltd
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Old Parsonage Balcombes Hill Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address.

96% of full 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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Goudhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2020
Consultation expiry
3 February 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hume Planning Consultancy Ltd
Agent address
Innovation House Discovery Park Innovation Way Sandwich Kent, CT13 9ND

Publicity

Last advertised
25 December 2020
Advertisement expiry
15 January 2021
Site notice start
13 January 2021
Site notice end
3 February 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09271200
Documents
34
Constraints
19

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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