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Woodland At Speldhurst Hill Speldhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent

26/01985/TPOPermitted

Proposal

TPO: Goat Willow (T1) & Silver Birch (T2) remove

Received
10 September 2026
Decided
16 October 2026 · Application Permitted
Public comments
0 · last counted 17 October 2026
Ward
Rusthall And Speldhurst
Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

  1. Received10 Sep
  2. Validated10 Sep
  3. Consult.6 Oct
  4. Target5 Nov
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 36 days

This is a planning application at Woodland At Speldhurst Hill Speldhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent. Tunbridge Wells has handled 5,678 applications of this type and approves 94% of them, typically deciding them in 57 days. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Tunbridge Wells's median. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Rusthall And Speldhurst. We hold 255 applications in total for the TN1 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26/01985/TPO
Address
Woodland At Speldhurst Hill Speldhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent
Postcode
TN1 2DL
Local Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Rusthall And Speldhurst
Parish
Speldhurst Parish Council

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
7 September 2026
Target Decision Date
5 November 2026
Date Decided
16 October 2026
Date Validated
10 September 2026
Date Submitted
10 September 2026
Consultation End
6 October 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Application Permitted
Case Officer
Ben Oates

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
6
Coordinates
51.137150, 0.267345
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Tunbridge Wells

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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