9 Birchwood Avenue Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0UD
Approved on 18 September 2024
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Single storey rear side extension; first floor side extension and terrace; addition of front dormer and alteration to existing dormer; alterations to fenestration on all elevations; replacement of boundary hedge with wall along front boundary; addition of driveway gate; render to existing brickwork and cladding; replace existing roof tiles to slate
- Received
- 18 July 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Southborough And Bidborough
- Agent
- TX11 Architects
- ReceivedReceived18 Jul
- ValidatedValidated1 Aug
- Consult.Consultation23 Aug
- TargetTarget Date26 Sep
- DecidedDecided18 Sep
Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 9 Birchwood Avenue Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0UD. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Southborough And Bidborough. We hold 484 applications in total for the TN4 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
- TN4 0UD
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Southborough Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 August 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 30 August 2024
- Consultation end
- 23 August 2024
- Target decision date
- 26 September 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- TX11 Architects
- Architect profile
- TX11 ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 7 Bell Yard London WC2A 2JR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 9 August 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 30 August 2024
- Site notice start
- 7 August 2024
- Site notice end
- 28 August 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13194538
- Documents
- 31
- 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.
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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 - 202324 May
Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed): Rear extension, outbuilding
ApprovedLawful Development Cert. (Proposed)23/01397/LAWPRO - 202314 Mar
Erection of single storey rear and side extension, Erection of first floor side extension and terrace…
ApprovedFull Application23/00679/FULL
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