Woodlands 39 Frankfield Rise Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5LF
Approved on 5 October 2016
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
TPO application to 8no. Birch trees - Reduce in height
- Received
- 17 June 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Pantiles & St Marks
- ReceivedReceived17 Jun
- ValidatedValidated11 Aug
- Consult.Consultation6 Sep
- TargetTarget Date6 Oct
- DecidedDecided5 Oct
Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Woodlands 39 Frankfield Rise Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5LF. Tunbridge Wells has handled 811 applications of this type. This one was decided in 110 days, 9 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,580 applications in total for the TN2 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
- TN2 5LF
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 August 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 6 September 2016
- Neighbour consultation start
- 16 August 2016
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 September 2016
- Target decision date
- 6 October 2016
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, 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
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202616 Oct
TPO Tree: Holly (T1) fell
PendingApplication26/02319/TPO - 202123 Nov
Trees: Birch x 8 (G1) - Reduce height by 2 metres to just above the previous pruning points
ApprovedTree Preservation Order21/03905/TPO - 202112 Oct
Tree: HOLLY (T1) - Reduce height by 2-3 metres and lateral branches on the roadside by 1 metre.
ApprovedTree Preservation Order21/03434/TPO - 201416 May
Trees: 1 no. HOLLY - Reduce by 50%
ApprovedTree Preservation Order14/500139/TPO
Source: Tunbridge Wells
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