Willow Tree Cottage Franks Hollow Road Speldhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0UA
Approved on 25 July 2022
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Construction of new garage
- Received
- 11 May 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Speldhurst & Bidborough
- Agent
- SJM Planning Limited
- ReceivedReceived11 May
- ValidatedValidated6 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided25 Jul
Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Willow Tree Cottage Franks Hollow Road Speldhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0UA. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 4 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN3 postcode area.
96% of full 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 0UA
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Speldhurst Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 June 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 7 July 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- SJM Planning Limited
- Agent address
- Unit 4, The Old Granary Strettit Farm Snoll Hatch Road East Peckham TN12 5EE Kent
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 16 June 2022
- Site notice end
- 7 July 2022
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11249004
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 13
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202510 Mar
Demolition of existing conservatory; construction of single storey front & rear extensions
ApprovedFull Application25/00596/FULL - 20218 Nov
Erection of a single storey, three bay garage
ApprovedFull Application21/03738/FULL - 201920 Mar
EIA Screening Opinion - Conversion of garage to residential (19/01025/FULL
ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion19/01107/ENVSCR - 20187 Nov
Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) - Change of use from agricultural use to garden land.
ApprovedLawful Development Cert. (Existing)18/03792/LDCEX
Source: Tunbridge Wells
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