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The Sacred Heart Roman Cathollic Church Beresford Road Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1DN

23/00580/ENVSCREIA Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 June 2023

Council decision: Environmental Impact Assessment Not Req.Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion: Demolition of the sacristy, boiler room and outbuildings, erection of single storey extension to provide meeting room, kitchen, sacristy and disabled toilet, Provision of improved pedestrian access, Resurfacing of and improved layout of car park. (23/00505/FULL Refers)

Received
22 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Goudhurst & Lamberhurst
Agent
Peter Court Associates
  1. Received22 Feb
  2. Validated28 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Jun

Decided in 112 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at The Sacred Heart Roman Cathollic Church Beresford Road Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1DN. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 9 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,133 applications in total for the TN17 postcode area.

89% of outline 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
TN17 1DN
Application type
EIA Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Goudhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 February 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Peter Court Associates
Agent address
CLEAVELAND CHART ROAD CHART SUTTON ME17 3RB

Additional information

Documents
2
Constraints
28

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    22 Feb

    Demolition of the sacristy, boiler room and outbuildings, Erection of single storey extension to provide…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationPart of23/00505/FULL
  2. 2023
    22 Feb

    EIA Screening Opinion: Demolition of the sacristy, boiler room and outbuildings, erection of single storey…

    This applicationApprovedOutline23/00580/ENVSCR

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