Fern Lodge The Rocks Reynolds Lane Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 9XL Data via plota.co.uk

26/02255/TPO - Tree Preservation Order Awaiting decision

Proposal

TPO: Oak (T1) prune by 2m, Oak (T2) prune by 1.8m, Holly (T3) prune by 1m, Common Yew (T4/T5) prune by 0.8m Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 18:18

Application progress

✓

Received

9 Oct 2026

✓

Validated

26 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 21 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 2 Dec 2026, from Tunbridge Wells's recent tree and landscaping works.

Documents

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Site constraints 5

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Caenwood Farmhouse, Grade II, about 4 m from the postcode pin

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Historic England ↗

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Priority habitat about 48 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 28 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Tunbridge Wells
Application type: Tree Preservation Order
Postcode: TN4 9XL
Received: 9 Oct 2026
Validated: 26 Oct 2026
Ward: Culverden
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 21 Dec 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 3 of the 56-day target. Tunbridge Wells usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 37.

prediction

Day 353 days to the 56-day target

97%decided within 8 weeks

98%approved

369decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Tunbridge Wells in the last twelve months, from validation. Tunbridge Wells decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15284927
Planning Portal ref: PP-15284927
Statutory expiry: 21 Dec 2026
Env. assessment: No

Tunbridge Wells

Planning Authority Score

8.7/10

Excellent

#13 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Tunbridge Wells is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #26 out of 296. Only 25% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England

for householder decisions

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Tunbridge Wells decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

93%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #69 of 296

96%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #63 of 296

84%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #26 of 296

25%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #32 of 296

85%

Minor dwellings approved

150 decided (1-9 homes)

82%

Major dwellings approved

11 decided (10+ homes)

96%

Change of use approved

47 decided

1,178

Total decisions

83 refused in the year to March 2026