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General Land Smugglers Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4HZ

04/00429/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 23 March 2004

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees - HORSE CHESTNUT - raise crown to clear ground level by 5m. Thin crown by 30% including removal of storm damaged and crossing limbs. Reduce branches overhanging adjacent garden to west by up to 2m.

Received
17 February 2004
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at General Land Smugglers Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4HZ. Tunbridge Wells has handled 811 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 717 applications in total for the TN18 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Tunbridge Wells Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN18 4HZ
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hawkhurst

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2004

Applicant and agent

Agent address
11 East Hill Tenterden Kent TN30 6RL

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    25 Sep

    Submission of details for condition 13 (drainage) of 23/00492/FULL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/02115/SUB
  2. 2023
    24 Jul

    Submission of Details in relation to Condition 3 - (brick, tiles and cladding materials details); Condition 7…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions23/01980/SUB
  3. 2023
    21 Feb

    EIA Screening Opinion - Erection of a pair of three bedroom semi-detached houses and associated parking and…

    ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion23/00596/ENVSCR
  4. 2023
    21 Feb

    Erection of a pair of three bedroom semi-detached houses and associated parking and landscaping

    ApprovedFull Application23/00492/FULL
  5. 2020
    27 Jul

    Erection of a pair of two bedroom semi-detached houses.

    ApprovedFull Application20/02076/FULL
  6. 2004
    23 Sep

    1 no. two storey detached house with garage.

    ApprovedFull Application04/02566/FUL

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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