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

24/03000/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 22 January 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

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

Received
27 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Southborough And Bidborough
  1. Received27 Nov
  2. Validated27 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Old Oak Stables Bentham Hill Stockland Green Road Speldhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0TJ. Tunbridge Wells has handled 811 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Southborough And Bidborough. 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
27 November 2024
Consultation expiry
31 December 2024

Publicity

Site notice start
10 December 2024
Site notice end
31 December 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13597105
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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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    19 Aug

    Variation of condition 2 of 26/00984/FULL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)26/01821/FULL
  2. 2026
    1 May

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

    ApprovedFull Application26/00984/FULL
  3. 2023
    16 May

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

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order23/01298/TPO
  4. 2016
    20 May

    Non Material Amendment to reduce roof pitch to 38 degrees and eaves height raised by 500mm.

    RefusedNon-material amendment16/504542/NMAMD
  5. 2016
    28 Apr

    Submission of Details pursuant to Condition 5 - Statement of Arboricultural supervision and phasing of works…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions16/503735/SUB
  6. 2015
    2 Dec

    Detached garage/garden store with room in roof space.

    ApprovedFull Application15/510025/FULL

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