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Gibraltar Cottage The Common Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 8BJ

24/02850/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 March 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Repair and replacement of windows and doors & barge board to northern gables, installation of timber shutters

Received
8 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Culverden
Agent
James Clague Architects
  1. Received8 Nov
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Mar

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at Gibraltar Cottage The Common Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 8BJ. Tunbridge Wells has handled 1,962 applications of this type. This one was decided in 133 days, 11 weeks 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 79 applications across Culverden. 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 8BJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2025
Consultation expiry
21 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
James Clague Architects
Architect profile
JAMES CLAGUE ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
40-41 Castle Row Canterbury CT1 2QY

Publicity

Last advertised
22 November 2024
Advertisement expiry
13 December 2024
Site notice start
31 January 2025
Site notice end
21 February 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13372100
Documents
39
Constraints
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Gilbraltar Cottage and RockleaOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • Green belt: Tunbridge Wells
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Royal Tunbridge Wells
  • Brownfield land register: 1 Boyne Park Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 8ELRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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 (17)

flood storage areas, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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 and heritage coasts.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    8 Nov

    Repair and replacement of windows and doors & barge board to northern gables, installation of timber shutters

    This applicationApprovedFull24/02850/FULL
  2. 2024
    8 Nov

    Listed Building Consent - Repair and replacement of windows and doors, replacement of barge board to northern…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside24/02851/LBC

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