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Weald Society For The Disabled Ockley Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4DY

22/01456/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 27 July 2022

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing ground floor shop to one ground floor flat with alterations to side elevations and retention of existing shopfront - Renewal of application 19/00402/FULL

Received
13 May 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
Agent
Chris Saunders Associates
  1. Received13 May
  2. Validated18 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Jul

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Weald Society For The Disabled Ockley Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4DY. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 717 applications in total for the TN18 postcode area.

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

Postcode
TN18 4DY
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 May 2022
Consultation expiry
24 June 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Chris Saunders Associates
Architect profile
CHRIS SAUNDERS ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
Office 16 Apple Pie Farm Cranbrook Road Benenden TN17 4EU United Kingdom

Publicity

Last advertised
3 June 2022
Advertisement expiry
24 June 2022
Site notice start
30 May 2022
Site notice end
23 June 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11247422
Documents
18
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2022
    13 May

    Change of use of existing ground floor shop to one ground floor flat with alterations to side elevations and…

    This applicationApprovedFull22/01456/FULL
  2. 2019
    18 Feb

    Change of use of existing ground floor shop to one ground floor flat with alterations to side elevations and…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationPart of19/00402/FULL
  3. 2019
    18 Feb

    EIA Screening Opinion: Renewal of planning consent 15/504813/FULL

    ApprovedEIA Screening OpinionFiled alongside19/01081/ENVSCR

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2018
    19 Nov

    Change of use of retail shop area to domestic living room

    ApprovedFull Application18/03620/FULL

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