Land East Of Little Mercers Highgate Hill Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent
Proposal
Erection of studio office/workshop over carport.
- Received
- 2 August 2024
- Decided
- 14 October 2024 · Application Refused
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden
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- ReceivedReceived2 Aug
- ValidatedValidated19 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided14 Oct
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application at Land East Of Little Mercers Highgate Hill Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,960 applications of this type and approves 92% of them, typically deciding them in 64 days. This one was decided in 73 days, 9 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden.
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Planning history at this site
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20234 Aug
Construction of 1 No. studio unit with 2 parking spaces
ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion23/02175/ENVSCR - 20234 Aug
Construction of 1 No. studio unit with 2 parking spaces
RefusedFull Application23/02106/FULL - 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
Planning 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.
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