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1 Church Walk Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4HY

25/02735/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 16 December 2025

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification: Sycamore (T1) - Crown reduce by 2.5m to suitable growth points, remove major deadwood, crown lift to 5m, crown thin by removing crossing and rubbing branches (10%) and sever ivy at 1m to ground level; Sycamore (T2) - Crown reduce by 2.5m to suitable growth points, remove major deadwood, crown lift to 5m, crown thin by removing crossing and rubbing branches (10%) and sever ivy at 1m to ground level; Sycamore (T3) - Crown reduce by 2.5m to suitable growth points, remove major deadwood, crown lift to 5m, crown thin by removing crossing and rubbing branches (10%) and sever ivy at 1m to ground level; Sycamore (T4) - Crown reduce by 2.5m to suitable growth points, remove major deadwood, crown lift to 5m, crown thin by removing crossing and rubbing branches (10%) and sever ivy at 1m to ground level.

Received
13 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden
Agent
Davis Tree Care & Landscape Services Ltd
  1. Received13 Nov
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 33 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Church Walk Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 4HY. Tunbridge Wells has handled 811 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 2 weeks quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden. We hold 717 applications in total for the TN18 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
TN18 4HY
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hawkhurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Davis Tree Care & Landscape Services Ltd
Agent address
Acres Rise Ticehurst East Sussex, TN5 7DD

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14485670
Documents
5
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Church of All SaintsOn or next to this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Brownfield land register: All Saints Church Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook KentRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (18)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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