Land At Whetsted Road Five Oak Green Tonbridge Kent

24/02161/ELECOverhead Electricity LineApproved

Approved on 20 September 2024

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Electricity Notification - Proposed electricity substation

Received: 9 August 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Ward: Pembury And Capel

ReceivedReceived9 Aug
ValidatedValidated9 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided20 Sep

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land At Whetsted Road Five Oak Green Tonbridge Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 58 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Pembury And Capel.

96% of all 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

Application type: Overhead Electricity Line
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Capel Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 August 2024

Additional information

Documents: 5
Constraints: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Green belt: Tunbridge Wells

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, 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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Source: Tunbridge Wells

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