Land At Garth, Cotchford Hill, Hartfield, TN7 4HA
Refused on 7 May 2020
Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF USE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND TO AREA FOR GARDEN COMPOSTING, WITH PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TIMBER ENCLOSURES AND IMPROVEMENT/SURFACING OF ACCESS AND TURNING AREA.
- Received
- 27 January 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Wealden District Council
- Ward
- Hartfield
- ReceivedReceived27 Jan
- ValidatedValidated19 Feb
- Consult.Consultation16 Apr
- TargetTarget Date7 May
- DecidedDecided7 May
Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at LAND AT GARTH, COTCHFORD HILL, HARTFIELD, TN7 4HA. Wealden has handled 904 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 6 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across Hartfield. We hold 793 applications in total for the TN7 postcode area.
79% of amendment 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
- TN7 4HA
- Application type
- Full - Retrospective
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Hartfield
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 February 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 16 April 2020
- Consultation start
- 26 February 2020
- Consultation end
- 16 April 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 March 2020
- Target decision date
- 7 May 2020
- Committee meeting
- 7 May 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Farm Office, Barden Dell Farm Barden Road Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0LJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 78 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 3 April 2020
- Site notice start
- 26 February 2020
Additional information
- UPRN
- 10033399749
- Documents
- 14
Site 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: 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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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202020 Jan
PROPOSED GARAGE
ApprovedFullWD/2020/0134/F - 201623 Dec
PROPOSED GARAGE
ApprovedFullWD/2016/3102/F - 20107 Apr
PROPOSED DOG ROOM EXTENSION
ApprovedFullWD/2010/0797/F - 200421 Jul
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR FORMATION OF EARTH WORKS.
ApprovedFull - RetrospectiveWD/2004/1926/FR - 200317 Jun
ALTERATIONS TO ENTRANCE AND NEW GATES.
ApprovedFullWD/2003/1516/F
Source: Wealden
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