Queens Head Hotel Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4EY

19/01239/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 18 July 2019

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Trees: LIME (T1) - Lift canopy to 5 metres

Received: 3 May 2019
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Ward: Hawkhurst & Sandhurst
Agent: Benjamin's Trees ltd

ReceivedReceived3 May
ValidatedValidated3 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date28 Jun
DecidedDecided18 Jul

Decided in 76 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Queens Head Hotel Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4EY. Tunbridge Wells has handled 811 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 4 weeks longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications 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 4EY
Application type: Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 May 2019
Consultation expiry: 3 July 2019
Target decision date: 28 June 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent: Benjamin's Trees ltd
Agent address: 18 Hastings Road Pembury Tunbridge Wells Kent, TN2 4PD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 12 June 2019
Site notice end: 3 July 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-07829368
Documents: 5
Constraints: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II: The Queen'S HotelOn this site · +1 more
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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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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Associated applications

2019
3 May
Trees: LIME (T1) - Lift canopy to 5 metres
This applicationApprovedTrees19/01239/TPO
2019
3 May
Trees in a Conservation Area Notification: SYCAMORE X6 (G2) - Remove
ApprovedTrees in Conservation AreaFiled alongside19/01426/TCA

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7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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