Sunnyside Cottage Spring Lane Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0UE
Approved on 14 April 2023
Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Tree in Conservation Area Notification - CONIFER GROUP - Reduce in height by 3-4 metres to previous reduction points and trim remaining sides; SYCAMORE - fell to ground level (dead tree)
- Received
- 7 March 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Speldhurst & Bidborough
- Agent
- Tree Craft Ltd
- ReceivedReceived7 Mar
- ValidatedValidated7 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided14 Apr
Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Sunnyside Cottage Spring Lane Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0UE. 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 the Thorpe-le-Soken conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN3 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
- TN3 0UE
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bidborough Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 March 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Tree Craft Ltd
- Agent address
- 16 Hillside Farm Rushmore Hill Knockholt Kent TN14 7NL
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11993558
- Documents
- 4
- Constraints
- 17
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Listed building: Grade II: Darnley Chest Tomb About 3 Metres North of the Vestry of the Church of St LawrenceOn or next to this site · +5 more
- 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, 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.
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