Birchfield Grove Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent
Approved on 30 April 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
TREES: Chestnut (T1) - Reduce side overhanging by 2-2.5m
- Received
- 12 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden
- ReceivedReceived12 Mar
- ValidatedValidated12 Mar
- Consult.Consultation2 Apr
- TargetTarget Date7 May
- DecidedDecided30 Apr
Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Birchfield Grove Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 811 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Tunbridge Wells's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across Hawkhurst, Sandhurst And Benenden.
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
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hawkhurst Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 8 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 2 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 7 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Golden Crown Tree Surgery
- Agent address
- Cuckfield Park Lodge,Cuckfield Park South Street Cuckfield RH17 5AB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 18 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 8 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14774634
- Documents
- 5
- Constraints
- 14
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (20)
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, 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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