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5 Whitethorn Cottages Brenchley Road Matfield Tonbridge Kent TN12 7PR

24/01803/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 17 September 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed Building Consent - Replace 5no. windows, retain existing EV charger (Works Commenced)

Received
11 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural Tunbridge Wells
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated23 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at 5 Whitethorn Cottages Brenchley Road Matfield Tonbridge Kent TN12 7PR. Tunbridge Wells has handled 262 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Rural Tunbridge Wells. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN12 postcode area.

96% of heritage 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
TN12 7PR
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Brenchley & Matfield Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 July 2024
Consultation expiry
29 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
blackledgedesign
Agent address
Homeleigh Broad Street Charlton Adam Somerton TA11 7AT

Publicity

Last advertised
2 August 2024
Advertisement expiry
23 August 2024
Site notice start
8 August 2024
Site notice end
29 August 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13235369
Documents
14
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Whitethorn CottagesOn this site · +1 more
  • 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 (19)

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, 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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    17 Apr

    Listed Building Consent - replacement of 8 no. windows

    ApprovedListed building consent25/00984/LBC

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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