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Lees Cottage The Green Matfield Tonbridge Kent TN12 7JU

25/00255/TDDDead or Dangerous Tree NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 5 February 2025

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Dead, Dying or Dangerous Tree Notification: HORSE CHESTNUT STEM - Cut and clear

Received
31 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural Tunbridge Wells
  1. Received31 Jan
  2. Validated31 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 5 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Lees Cottage The Green Matfield Tonbridge Kent TN12 7JU. Tunbridge Wells has handled 811 applications of this type. This one was decided in 5 days, 7 weeks quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Rural Tunbridge Wells. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN12 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
TN12 7JU
Application type
Dead or Dangerous Tree Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Brenchley & Matfield Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 January 2025

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, 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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© 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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