42 Broadwater Down Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5NX
Approved on 12 December 2023
Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Trees in a Conservation Area Notification: HOLLY (T1) - Monolith to 6ft to match in with the hedge, THUJA (T2)- remove to ground level, PORTUGUESE LAUREL (T3) - remove to ground level, THUJA (T4) - re-reduce top of the tree by 4m
- Received
- 15 November 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Broadwater
- Agent
- Ben Mason Arb Ltd
- ReceivedReceived15 Nov
- ValidatedValidated15 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided12 Dec
Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 42 Broadwater Down Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5NX. Tunbridge Wells has handled 811 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,577 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 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- TN2 5NX
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 November 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Ben Mason Arb Ltd
- Agent address
- Warren Ben Ladies Mile Withyham Hartfield TN7 4AZ
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12604838
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 16
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202527 Aug
TREES: SILVER BIRCH (T3, within TPO area A1) - Fell to ground level
ApprovedTree Preservation Order25/02047/TPO - 201711 Aug
Tree in a Conservation Area Notification: Maple - permission to prune annually for a period of 10 years - to…
ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area17/02701/TCA - 20163 Feb
Conservation area notification to 1no. Birch - Fell, 1no Maple - repollard at 2 metres
ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area16/500936/TCA - 201427 Aug
Erection of gazebo
ApprovedFull Application14/503562/FULL
Source: Tunbridge Wells
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