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Rose Cottage Clayhill Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1BD

25/02243/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 17 October 2025

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees in a Conservation Area Notification: LAWSONS CYPRUS x4 (G1) - pruning & reduction in height; WILD CHERRY x3 & HOLLY x1 (G2) - pruning & removal of dead branches; PORTUGAL LAUREL (T3) - pruning; MIXED COMMON YEW & BORDER FORSYTHIA (G4) - pruning

Received
19 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural Tunbridge Wells
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Oct

Decided in 23 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rose Cottage Clayhill Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1BD. Tunbridge Wells has handled 811 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across Rural Tunbridge Wells. We hold 1,133 applications in total for the TN17 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
TN17 1BD
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Goudhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14344932
Documents
4
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: ClayhillOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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, 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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    25 Aug

    Dead/Dangerous Tree: Silver Birch (T1) removal of stump, Lawsons Cyprus (T2) Remove

    ApprovedApplication26/01894/TDD
  2. 2024
    24 Oct

    Trees in a Conservation Area Notification: 4No CONIFER (1) - Seasonal pruning of row by less than 10%; COMMON…

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area24/02734/TCA
  3. 2022
    24 Oct

    Addition of single storey extension on top of existing car garage

    ApprovedFull Application22/03138/FULL
  4. 2021
    25 Feb

    Extension to rear of existing building and small detached summerhouse

    ApprovedFull Application21/00617/FULL
  5. 2017
    6 Jun

    Tree in a Conservation Area Notification: Cypress (G1) - Reduce all branches overhanging gardens of 1…

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area17/01947/TCA
  6. 2016
    7 Nov

    G1 (Conifers) - Reduce row by approx 2m in height and trim the sides

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area16/07292/TCA

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