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2 Orchard Cottages Ashurst Hill Ashurst Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9TH

21/02850/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 14 October 2021

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed Building Consent: Replace decayed timber window with single pane white painted timber window, with sealed double glazed unit. Remove metal window. Reinstate original door opening. Install timber door and frame. Door to be four panel type with 2no upper sealed double glazed units. Remove north elevation modern door and modern window. Block up door aperture to match existing. Supply and install new three pane white painted timber window, with sealed double glazed units.Enlarge existing aperture between kitchen and proposed small dining area. Nib left to one side to inform future interpretation of the building / plan form.

Received
19 August 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Speldhurst & Bidborough
  1. Received19 Aug
  2. Validated19 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at 2 Orchard Cottages Ashurst Hill Ashurst Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9TH. Tunbridge Wells has handled 261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN3 postcode area.

96% of heritage 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

Postcode
TN3 9TH
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Speldhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 August 2021
Consultation expiry
12 October 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
CooperHBC
Agent address
85 High Street Tunbridge Wells TN1 1XP United Kingdom

Publicity

Last advertised
10 September 2021
Advertisement expiry
1 October 2021
Site notice start
21 September 2021
Site notice end
12 October 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10144540
Documents
11
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Orchard CottagesOn this site
  • Green belt: Tunbridge Wells
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2021
    15 Nov

    Submission of details in relation to Condition 4 (Joinery) of 21/02850/LBC

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions21/03804/SUB
  2. 2021
    19 Aug

    Listed Building Consent: Replace decayed timber window with single pane white painted timber window, with…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent21/02850/LBC

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