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The Dordens Pembury Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 3QN

25/02943/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 7 January 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification: Norway Spruce (T1) - remove to ground level.

Received
9 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Park
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Dordens Pembury Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 3QN. Tunbridge Wells has handled 811 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. The site is in the Adderbury conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Park. 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 3QN
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ben Mason Arb
Agent address
38 Palesgate Lane Crowborough TN6 3HF

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14552121
Documents
8
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Tunbridge WellsNext to the site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Royal Tunbridge Wells
  • 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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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