Sherbourne Place Linden Fields Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent

25/01931/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 14 October 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

TREES: SILVER BIRCH (W1) - Sectional dismantle (fell)

Received: 14 August 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Ward: Pantiles

ReceivedReceived14 Aug
ValidatedValidated2 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided14 Oct

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Sherbourne Place Linden Fields Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 811 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 12 days longer than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Pantiles.

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

Application type: Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 September 2025
Consultation expiry: 25 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: sjw tree surgery and stump grinding
Agent address: 3 Meadow Rise Horam Heathfield TN21 0LZ

Publicity

Site notice start: 4 September 2025
Site notice end: 25 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14254355
Documents: 5
Constraints: 13

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 (21)

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, 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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Source: Tunbridge Wells

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