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The Grange Franks Hollow Road Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0UD

23/02571/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 31 October 2023

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree in Conservation Area Notification - 3 No. ASH (T1, T2, T3) - fell; SYCAMORE (T4) - reduce 2 metres; SYCAMORE (T5) - pollard; HAZEL (T6) - coppice; SYCAMORE (T7) - low pollard

Received
22 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Speldhurst & Bidborough
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated27 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Oct

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Grange Franks Hollow Road Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0UD. Tunbridge Wells has handled 811 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 0UD
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bidborough Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 The Grange Tunbridge Wells TN3 0HR

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12478956
Documents
6
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II*: The GrangeOn this site · +2 more
  • Green belt: Tunbridge WellsPart of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): High WealdPart of the site
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, 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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