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2 Linden Fields Royal Tunbridge Wells TN2 5QN

17/00313/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 20 March 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TREES: SWEET CHESTNUT (T1) - Remove low limb on North side at approx. 4m and reduce canopy by 3m to shape; PLANE (T2) - Reduce the large limb growing towards the house by approx 3m canopy lift to approx 5m

Received
27 January 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pantiles & St Marks
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.21 Feb
  4. Target24 Mar
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 Linden Fields Royal Tunbridge Wells TN2 5QN. Tunbridge Wells has handled 811 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer 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 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 5QN
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2017
Consultation expiry
21 February 2017
Neighbour consultation start
31 January 2017
Neighbour consultation end
21 February 2017
Target decision date
24 March 2017
Permission expires
20 March 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05787147
Documents
4
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 (21)

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, 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.

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.

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

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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