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Brownfield land

BFR_0098

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CURIE brownfield-land:BFR_0098 no fact link
Prefix brownfield-land Facts about Prefix
Reference BFR_0098 Facts about Reference
Name BFR_0098 Facts about Name
Quality Authoritative: We have some data from the authoritative source no fact link
Dataset Brownfield land no fact link
Organisation Tunbridge Wells Borough Council no fact link
Start date 2021-12-31 Facts about Start date
End date Facts about End date
Entry date 2024-12-31 Facts about Entry date
Typology geography no fact link
Point POINT (0.620627 51.08637) Facts about Point
Notes Development Description: Currently proposed as site allocation AL/BE3 in the Submission Local Plan 2021 for residential development providing 22-25 residential units (in addition to the 24 new dwellings already granted approval at this site - see planning history 12/03130/EIAMJ); the Inspector's initial findings following the relevant Submission Local Plan Examination hearing (held in the summer of 2022) suggest policy AL/BE 3 be deleted and cross reference be made instead to the Neighbourhood Plan Allocation SSP3 in the made Benenden Neighbourhood Development Plan October 2021 for up to 50 residential units; and Extant planning permission 23/03274/FULL: Demolition of all former hospital buildings, 6 no. residential dwellings (High View, Millfield, Nos. 1 and 2 Mills Cottages, Owlscott and Mayscott) existing tennis courts, car park and vegetation; Erection of 87 no. residential dwellings (including affordable homes), relocated car park, new public open spaces, sustainable urban drainage system and landscaping including biodiversity areas and play areas. Access to be from the existing and new access locations on Goddard's Green Road, Green Lane and Mockbeggar Lane. Provision of new pumping station, roads, parking spaces and earthworks; Site Information: Outside Limits to Built Development, outside but adjacent to National Landscape (formerly AONB) boundary, ancient woodland buffer, Potential Contamination; Non-Housing Development: No; Proposed for PIP: No Facts about Notes
Hectares 3.07 Facts about Hectares
Deliverable yes Facts about Deliverable
Site address Land at Benenden Hospital (south of Goddards Green Road) East End Facts about Site address
Site plan url https://tunbridgewells.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=2ae20aa8a81646dcb9cc5280f9d6aab5 Facts about Site plan url
Ownership status not-owned-by-a-public-authority Facts about Ownership status
Maximum net dwellings 59 Facts about Maximum net dwellings
Minimum net dwellings 45 Facts about Minimum net dwellings
Planning permission date 2024-09-24 Facts about Planning permission date
Planning permission type full-planning-permission Facts about Planning permission type
Planning permission status permissioned Facts about Planning permission status

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        "start-date": "2021-12-31",
        "end-date": "",
        "entity": 1733608,
        "name": "BFR_0098",
        "dataset": "brownfield-land",
        "typology": "geography",
        "reference": "BFR_0098",
        "prefix": "brownfield-land",
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        "geometry": "",
        "point": "POINT (0.620627 51.08637)",
        "quality": "authoritative",
        "notes": "Development Description: Currently proposed as site allocation AL/BE3 in the Submission Local Plan 2021 for residential development providing 22-25 residential units (in addition to the 24 new dwellings already granted approval at this site - see planning history 12/03130/EIAMJ); the Inspector's initial findings following the relevant Submission Local Plan Examination hearing (held in the summer of 2022) suggest policy AL/BE 3 be deleted and cross reference be made instead to the Neighbourhood Plan Allocation SSP3 in the made Benenden Neighbourhood Development Plan October 2021 for up to 50 residential units; and Extant planning permission 23/03274/FULL: Demolition of all former hospital buildings, 6 no. residential dwellings (High View, Millfield, Nos. 1 and 2 Mills Cottages, Owlscott and Mayscott) existing tennis courts, car park and vegetation; Erection of 87 no. residential dwellings (including affordable homes), relocated car park, new public open spaces, sustainable urban drainage system and landscaping including biodiversity areas and play areas. Access to be from the existing and new access locations on Goddard's Green Road, Green Lane and Mockbeggar Lane. Provision of new pumping station, roads, parking spaces and earthworks; Site Information: Outside Limits to Built Development, outside but adjacent to National Landscape (formerly AONB) boundary, ancient woodland buffer, Potential Contamination; Non-Housing Development: No; Proposed for PIP: No",
        "hectares": "3.07",
        "deliverable": "yes",
        "site-address": "Land at Benenden Hospital (south of Goddards Green Road) East End",
        "site-plan-url": "https://tunbridgewells.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=2ae20aa8a81646dcb9cc5280f9d6aab5",
        "ownership-status": "not-owned-by-a-public-authority",
        "maximum-net-dwellings": "59",
        "minimum-net-dwellings": "45",
        "planning-permission-date": "2024-09-24",
        "planning-permission-type": "full-planning-permission",
        "planning-permission-status": "permissioned"
    }
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