Balcombe Barn Biddenden Road Frittenden Cranbrook Kent TN17 2EL

26/01549/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Trees in a Conservation Area Notification: Conifer hedge (T1) - Reduce; Conifer x5 (G2) - Remove

Received: 9 July 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Ward: Cranbrook, Sissinghurst And Frittenden

ReceivedReceived9 Jul
ValidatedValidated9 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date20 Aug
DecidedDecided

About this application

This is a tree application at Balcombe Barn Biddenden Road Frittenden Cranbrook Kent TN17 2EL. Tunbridge Wells has handled 811 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across Cranbrook, Sissinghurst And Frittenden. 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 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: TN17 2EL
Application type: Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Frittenden Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-15073410
Documents: 8
Constraints: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (21)

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, 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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