The Stables, Church Lane, Frant, TN3 9DX
Refused on 8 August 2022
Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR SINGLE-STOREY DETACHED BUILDING TO BE USED AS CHURCH OFFICES FOR ST ALBAN'S CHURCH.
- Received
- 4 March 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Wealden District Council
- Ward
- Frant & Wadhurst
- ReceivedReceived4 Mar
- ValidatedValidated26 Apr
- Consult.Consultation1 Jul
- TargetTarget Date21 Jun
- DecidedDecided8 Aug
Decided in 104 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at THE STABLES, CHURCH LANE, FRANT, TN3 9DX. Wealden has handled 904 applications of this type. This one was decided in 157 days, 14 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. The site is in the Frant conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 127 applications across Frant & Wadhurst. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN3 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
- TN3 9DX
- Application type
- Full - Retrospective
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Frant
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 April 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 1 July 2022
- Consultation start
- 10 June 2022
- Consultation end
- 1 July 2022
- Target decision date
- 21 June 2022
- Committee meeting
- 8 August 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Bluebell Cottage Down Lane Frant Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9HP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 1 July 2022
- Site notice start
- 10 June 2022
- Site notice end
- 1 July 2022
Appeal
- Appeal date
- 1 November 2022
- Appeal result
- Allowed
- Appeal decision date
- 6 September 2023
Appeal history
Additional information
- UPRN
- 10024377699
- Documents
- 24
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Frant Conservation AreaPart of the site
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, 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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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20261 Oct
REMOVAL OF CONDITION 3 OF WD/2010/0102/F
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)WD/2026/1982/FA - 202511 Aug
REMOVAL OF CONDITION 3 OF WD/2010/0102/F
WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)WD/2025/1911/FA - 202226 Oct
TEMPORARY PLANNING PERMISSION FOR SINGLE-STOREY DETACHED BUILDING TO BE USED AS CHURCH OFFICE FOR ST ALBANS…
RefusedFull - RetrospectiveWD/2022/2775/FR - 201224 Sep
RECONSTRUCTION AND ENLARGEMENT OF AN EXISTING CAR PARK
ApprovedFullWD/2012/1976/F
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