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The Coach House High Street Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0UP

24/00505/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 April 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Raise end of garden with sleeper/steel retaining wall (retrospective)

Received
21 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Speldhurst & Bidborough
  1. Received21 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Coach House High Street Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0UP. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. We hold 1,125 applications in total for the TN3 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
TN3 0UP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bidborough Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2024
Consultation expiry
29 March 2024

Publicity

Last advertised
8 March 2024
Advertisement expiry
29 March 2024
Site notice start
4 March 2024
Site notice end
25 March 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12816134
Documents
13
Constraints
8

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 (20)

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, National Landscapes, 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. 2024
    16 May

    Submission of Details in Relation to Condition 2 - Permanent Screening of 24/00505/FULL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/01323/SUB
  2. 2024
    21 Feb

    Raise end of garden with sleeper/steel retaining wall (retrospective)

    This applicationApprovedFull24/00505/FULL

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    10 Sep

    Partial Submission of Details in relation to Condition 2(i) - (Location, Plans, Materials and Design) of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/02326/SUB
  2. 2024
    30 Apr

    Submission of Details in relation to Condition 3 - Permanent Screening Details of 23/03450/FULL

    RefusedDischarge of conditions24/01193/SUB
  3. 2023
    19 Dec

    Alternative scheme to approved 22/00315/FULL

    RefusedFull Application23/03443/FULL
  4. 2023
    19 Dec

    Alternative scheme to approved 22/00315/FULL

    ApprovedFull Application23/03450/FULL
  5. 2022
    5 Apr

    Trees in a Conservation Area Notification: Rhododendron and 1 tree reduce by 3 feet

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area22/01069/TCA
  6. 2022
    1 Feb

    Erection of double storey side extension to existing property to replace existing single storey extension

    ApprovedFull Application22/00315/FULL

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