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20A Broadwater Down Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5NR

26/01402/TPOApproved

Approved on 5 August 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

TREES: Persian Ironwood (T4) - thin canopy by removing low vertical limb at ground level and smaller vertices branches at 2m, prune over the drive and footpath up to 3m & prune away from door entrance by 1m; Scots Pine (T7) - lift canopy over seating area by pruning one lowest limb back by 4.5m, drop crotching; Sawara Cypress (T9) - removal of dead wood

Received
19 June 2026
  1. Received19 Jun
  2. Validated19 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Aug
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 47 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 20A Broadwater Down Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5NR. Tunbridge Wells has handled 5,829 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 7 other applications at this address. We hold 1,580 applications in total for the TN2 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
TN2 5NR

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 June 2026
Target decision date
14 August 2026

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    22 Jun

    Trees in a Conservation Area Notification: Holly (T1) - Remove dead branches on main stem up to 6m from…

    ApprovedApplicationFiled alongside26/01411/TCA
  2. 2026
    19 Jun

    TREES: Persian Ironwood (T4) - thin canopy by removing low vertical limb at ground level and smaller vertices…

    This applicationApprovedApplication26/01402/TPO

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    14 Feb

    Trees: YEW (T1) - Reduce in height to match previously reduced hedge section by 1.5-2m; CHERRY PLUM (T3)…

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order23/00421/TPO
  2. 2022
    21 Nov

    Tree in Conservation Area Notification - Goat willow (T1) - reduce in height; Laurel (T3) - reduce in height…

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area22/03397/TCA
  3. 2022
    8 Nov

    TREES: PERSIAN IRONWOOD - Reduce canopy by approx. 2m in height and width. Pruning as per previously…

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order22/03264/TPO
  4. 2017
    8 Aug

    Tree in a Conservation Area Notification: 1 No. Cherry Plum (T6) - Remove failed branch and reduce length of…

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area17/02693/TCA
  5. 2017
    8 Aug

    Trees: 1 No. Cedar (T2) - Remove low limb at 6.5m; 1 No. Sawara Cypress (G1) - Fell; Sawara Cypress and…

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order17/02635/TPO
  6. 2016
    4 Nov

    G1 (Cypress) - Remove low branch overhanging Neighbours garden

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order16/07259/TPO

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