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Old Rectory 4 Hastings Road Pembury Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4PD

25/01333/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 23 June 2025

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees in a Conservation Area Notification: BEECH (T1) - Crown lift tree by 3 m, reduce lateral branches back by 3 m.

Received
3 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pembury And Capel
Agent
Benjamin's Trees Ltd
  1. Received3 Jun
  2. Validated3 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Jun

Decided in 20 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Old Rectory 4 Hastings Road Pembury Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4PD. Tunbridge Wells has handled 811 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 5 weeks quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Pembury And Capel. We hold 1,580 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 4PD
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Pembury Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Benjamin's Trees Ltd
Agent address
Brooklands Maidstone Road Horsemonden Tonbridge Kent, TN12 8DB

Publicity

Site notice start
16 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14067911
Documents
4
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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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© 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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