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Deacon House High Street Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0UP

23/02762/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 10 November 2023

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree in Conservation Area Notification: LIME (T1) - Reduce crown 3-4 metres and thin 10%, raise low hanging branches to 3.5 metres

Received
13 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Speldhurst & Bidborough
Agent
Watson and Price Tree Services Ltd
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Nov

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Deacon House High Street Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0UP. Tunbridge Wells has handled 811 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in the St John's Wood conservation area, with 2 listed buildings 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 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN3 0UP
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bidborough Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Watson and Price Tree Services Ltd
Agent address
2 Gladstone Villas Forge Road Tunbridge Wells Kent, TN4 0EU

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12528163
Documents
5
Constraints
8

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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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