Land At Highgate Mews Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4NP
Refused on 3 October 2023
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Construction of 1 No. studio unit with 2 parking spaces
- Received
- 4 August 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
- Agent
- Steve Baker Architect
- ReceivedReceived4 Aug
- ValidatedValidated8 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided3 Oct
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land At Highgate Mews Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4NP. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- TN18 4NP
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hawkhurst Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 August 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 1 September 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Steve Baker Architect
- Architect profile
- STEVE BAKER ARCHITECT LIMITED
- Agent address
- 78 Pound Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5BJ
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 11 August 2023
- Site notice end
- 1 September 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12275820
- Documents
- 29
- Constraints
- 12
Site 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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Planning history at this site
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20242 Aug
Erection of studio office/workshop over carport.
RefusedFull Application24/02031/FULL - 20234 Aug
Construction of 1 No. studio unit with 2 parking spaces
ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion23/02175/ENVSCR - 20198 Oct
EIA Screening Opinion - Proposed construction of 1 no. studio unit (19/02884/FULL
ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion19/02961/ENVSCR - 20198 Oct
Proposed construction of 1 no. studio unit
RefusedFull Application19/02884/FULL - 201830 Jul
TREES: LIME (T1)- Reduce crown by 40%
ApprovedTree Preservation Order18/02413/TPO - 201826 Jul
Proposed construction of 1 no. studio unit
RefusedFull Application18/02366/FULL - 201826 Jul
EIA Screening Opinion - Proposed construction of 1 no. studio unit
ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion18/02447/ENVSCR
Source: Tunbridge Wells
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