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Playing Field Church Road Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1BN

20/01423/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 3 July 2020

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Trees in a Conservation Area Notification: ASH - Remove, topping at the height of the existing hedge; HOLLY HEDGE (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5) - Raise the crown over the public highway to 5.2 metres and over the footpath to 3 metres, remove deadwood and shape crowns

Received
26 May 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Goudhurst & Lamberhurst
Agent
The Living Forest Ltd
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated26 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Playing Field Church Road Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1BN. Tunbridge Wells has handled 811 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,133 applications in total for the TN17 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Tunbridge Wells Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN17 1BN
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Goudhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 May 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Living Forest Ltd
Agent address
1 Turnden Cottages Hartley Road Cranbrook Kent, TN17 3QR

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08745754
Documents
5
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old Lime HouseOn or next to this site
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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