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Land Adjacent To The Old Parsonage Balcombes Hill Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent

23/00431/ENVSCREIA Screening OpinionPermitted
Outline / PiP

Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion: Erection of 14 dwellings with associated infrastructure and landscaping (23/00372/FULL refers)

Received
9 February 2023
Decided
23 March 2023 · Environmental Impact Assessment Not Req.
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Goudhurst & Lamberhurst
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 13 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Tunbridge Wells89% of outline applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Land Adjacent To The Old Parsonage Balcombes Hill Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 52 days. This one was decided in 42 days, 10 days quicker than Tunbridge Wells's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 14 other applications at this address.

Application Details

Reference
23/00431/ENVSCR
Address
Land Adjacent To The Old Parsonage Balcombes Hill Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent
Local Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Application Type
EIA Screening Opinion
Scale / Size
Medium
Number of Dwellings
14
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Goudhurst & Lamberhurst
Parish
Goudhurst Parish Council

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Hume Planning Consultancy Ltd
Agent Address
Innovation House Discovery Park Innovation Way Sandwich CT13 9ND

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
9 February 2023
Date Decided
23 March 2023
Date Validated
10 March 2023
Date Submitted
9 February 2023

Planning Decision

Decision
Environmental Impact Assessment Not Req.
Decided By
Delegated Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
2
Constraints
21
Coordinates
51.112034, 0.459878
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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Planning constraints

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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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