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Land At Melfort Farm, Wadhurst Road, Frant, TN3 9EH

WD/2016/1709/FFullApproved

Approved on 29 November 2016

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

REMOVAL OF ONE LARGE REDUNDANT FARM COMPLEX AND ASSOCIATED HARDSTANDING AND REPLACEMENT WITH THREE DWELLINGS DESIGNED IN THE VERNACULAR STYLE.

Received
7 July 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Frant/Withyham
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated22 Aug
  3. Consult.22 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Nov

Decided in 99 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at LAND AT MELFORT FARM, WADHURST ROAD, FRANT, TN3 9EH. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 145 days, 13 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Frant/Withyham. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN3 postcode area.

86% of full applications at Wealden District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN3 9EH
Application type
Full
Parish
Frant

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 August 2016
Consultation expiry
3 October 2016
Neighbour consultation end
22 September 2016
Committee meeting
29 November 2016

Publicity

Site notice end
3 October 2016

Additional information

UPRN
200001865991

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2018
    25 May

    MINOR MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2016/1709/F

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsWD/2018/1155/FA
  2. 2016
    7 Jul

    REMOVAL OF ONE LARGE REDUNDANT FARM COMPLEX AND ASSOCIATED HARDSTANDING AND REPLACEMENT WITH THREE DWELLINGS…

    This applicationApprovedFullWD/2016/1709/F

Source: Wealden

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