The Old Police House, Five Ashes, Mayfield TN20 6JE
Approved on 16 September 2024
Council decision: Issue CertificateDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
USE OF ROOM ATTACHED TO GARAGE AS ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION TO THE OLD POLICE HOUSE.
- Received
- 5 July 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Wealden District Council
- Ward
- Mayfield & Five Ashes
- ReceivedReceived5 Jul
- ValidatedValidated22 Jul
- Consult.Consultation19 Aug
- TargetTarget Date16 Sep
- DecidedDecided16 Sep
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at THE OLD POLICE HOUSE, FIVE ASHES, MAYFIELD TN20 6JE. Wealden has handled 904 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Mayfield & Five Ashes. We hold 713 applications in total for the TN20 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
- TN20 6JE
- Application type
- Lawful Development - Existing Use
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Mayfield & Five Ashes
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 July 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 19 August 2024
- Consultation end
- 19 August 2024
- Target decision date
- 16 September 2024
- Committee meeting
- 16 September 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Farm Office Barden Dell Farm Barden Road Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0LJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
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
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Wealden
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