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20A Broadwater Down Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5NR

23/00421/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 4 April 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees: YEW (T1) - Reduce in height to match previously reduced hedge section by 1.5-2m; CHERRY PLUM (T3) - Cut and clear collapsed stems, Pruning remainder to healthy growth; SAWARA CYPRESS (T4) - Reduce in height by no more than 4m by pruning to suitable and substantial secondary growing points for continual growth

Received
14 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Broadwater
Agent
Sam Rogers Tree Care Ltd
  1. Received14 Feb
  2. Validated14 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Apr

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 20A Broadwater Down Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5NR. Tunbridge Wells has handled 811 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 7 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 5NR
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 February 2023
Consultation expiry
1 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sam Rogers Tree Care Ltd
Agent address
4 Copperfields Orchard Kemsing Sevenoaks Kent, TN15 6QH

Publicity

Site notice end
1 April 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11928646
Documents
4
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    22 Jun

    Trees in a Conservation Area Notification: Holly (T1) - Remove dead branches on main stem up to 6m from…

    ApprovedApplication26/01411/TCA
  2. 2026
    19 Jun

    TREES: Persian Ironwood (T4) - thin canopy by removing low vertical limb at ground level and smaller vertices…

    ApprovedApplication26/01402/TPO
  3. 2022
    21 Nov

    Tree in Conservation Area Notification - Goat willow (T1) - reduce in height; Laurel (T3) - reduce in height…

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area22/03397/TCA
  4. 2022
    8 Nov

    TREES: PERSIAN IRONWOOD - Reduce canopy by approx. 2m in height and width. Pruning as per previously…

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order22/03264/TPO
  5. 2017
    8 Aug

    Tree in a Conservation Area Notification: 1 No. Cherry Plum (T6) - Remove failed branch and reduce length of…

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area17/02693/TCA
  6. 2017
    8 Aug

    Trees: 1 No. Cedar (T2) - Remove low limb at 6.5m; 1 No. Sawara Cypress (G1) - Fell; Sawara Cypress and…

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order17/02635/TPO

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