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Bentham Hill Stables Stockland Green Road Speldhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0TJ

23/01298/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 12 July 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TREES: YEW - Reduce height by 3m and 1m laterally

Received
16 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Southborough North
  1. Received16 May
  2. Validated16 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Jul

Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Bentham Hill Stables Stockland Green Road Speldhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0TJ. Tunbridge Wells has handled 811 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications 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 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN3 0TJ
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Southborough Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 May 2023
Consultation expiry
27 June 2023

Publicity

Site notice start
6 June 2023
Site notice end
27 June 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12163122
Documents
5
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Tunbridge Wells
  • 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, listed buildings, 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    1 May

    Single-storey extension; alterations to fenestration; addition of pergola; removal of porch; associated…

    ApprovedFull Application26/00984/FULL
  2. 2025
    16 May

    TREES: LIME (T1) - Fell

    RefusedTree Preservation Order25/01186/TPO
  3. 2024
    27 Nov

    TREES: YEW (T1) - Fell & replace with heavy standard or standards.

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order24/03000/TPO
  4. 2018
    23 Feb

    Extension and conversion of 2 existing dwellings in a converted stable building to provide an additional…

    ApprovedFull Application18/00655/FULL
  5. 2018
    23 Feb

    EIA Screening Opinion: Extension and conversion of 2 existing dwellings in a converted stable building to…

    ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion18/00741/ENVSCR
  6. 2017
    24 Aug

    Extension and conversion of 2 existing dwellings in a converted stable building to provide an additional…

    RefusedFull Application17/02853/FULL

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