Boars Head Golf Club, Eridge Road, Boars Head, TN6 3HD

WD/2023/1286/FFullAwaiting decision

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Proposal

CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING GOLF COURSE FROM PRIVATE FACILITY TO PAY AND PLAY COURSE.

Received: 16 May 2023
Decision due: 31 March 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Wealden District Council
Ward: Withyham

ReceivedReceived16 May
ValidatedValidated7 Jun
Consult.Consultation12 Jul
TargetTarget Date31 Mar
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at BOARS HEAD GOLF CLUB, ERIDGE ROAD, BOARS HEAD, TN6 3HD. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 16 May 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 66 applications across Withyham. We hold 593 applications in total for the TN6 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode: TN6 3HD
Application type: Full
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Rotherfield

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 June 2023
Consultation expiry: 12 July 2023
Consultation start: 13 June 2023
Consultation end: 12 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 2A High Street Thornbury Bristol BS35 2AQ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 298 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 13 June 2023
Site notice end: 4 July 2023

Additional information

UPRN: 10033414163
Documents: 23

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II: Oasthouses and Granary to the East of CruickshanksOn or next to this site
National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
Ancient woodland: Limekiln WoodNext to the site
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, conservation 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, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Associated applications

2023
16 May
VARIATION OF CONDITION 12 OF WD/2018/2320/MAJ
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongsideWD/2023/1285/MFA
2023
16 May
CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING GOLF COURSE FROM PRIVATE FACILITY TO PAY AND PLAY COURSE.
This applicationPendingFullWD/2023/1286/F

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