9 Birchwood Avenue Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0UD
Approved on 21 July 2023
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed): Rear extension, outbuilding
- Received
- 24 May 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Southborough North
- Agent
- TX11 Architects
- ReceivedReceived24 May
- ValidatedValidated14 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided21 Jul
Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a rear extension at 9 Birchwood Avenue Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0UD. Tunbridge Wells has handled 511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 485 applications in total for the TN4 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
- TN4 0UD
- Application type
- Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Southborough Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 June 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- TX11 Architects
- Architect profile
- TX11 ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 7 Bell Yard London WC2A 2JR
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12173389
- Documents
- 26
- Constraints
- 19
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Tunbridge Wells
- National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
- Ancient woodlandNext to the site
- 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, 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, 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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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202623 Jan
(Part-retrospective) Alterations to land levels & landscaping to rear, erection of outbuilding, retaining…
ApprovedFull Application26/00151/FULL - 202620 Jan
(Part retrospective) Demolish and re-build garage
ApprovedFull Application26/00115/FULL - 202531 Mar
Proposed loft conversion, rear dormer extension, 5no. rooflights, removal of chimney & amendments to 3no…
ApprovedFull Application25/00806/FULL - 20243 Oct
Erection of first floor rear dormer and loft conversion to rear of house.
WithdrawnLawful Development Cert. (Proposed)24/02576/LAWPRO - 202418 Jul
Single storey rear side extension; first floor side extension and terrace; addition of front dormer and…
ApprovedFull Application24/01883/FULL - 202314 Mar
Erection of single storey rear and side extension, Erection of first floor side extension and terrace…
ApprovedFull Application23/00679/FULL
Source: Tunbridge Wells
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