Fountain Cottage Groombridge Hill Groombridge Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9NA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Trees in a Conservation area Notification: Sycamore x3 & Ash x2 (T1-5) - Fell Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 4 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026
Documents 20
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 1
Other documents 17
Site constraints 7
Show all 5 with distances
- 1 mBlue CottageGrade II
- 100 mHillsideGrade II
- 100 mGates, Gate Piers and Flanking Walls to the CottageGrade II
- 120 mRoadside Horse Trough and Drinking FountainGrade II
- 124 mThe CottageGrade II
Checked on 6 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.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £857,000 in April 2022. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Area
- Postcode
- TN3 9NA
- Received
- 11 May 2026
- Validated
- 1 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Rusthall And Speldhurst
- Parish
- Speldhurst Parish Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 13 Jul 2026
- Decision
- No Objections
- Decision date
- 4 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 3 days from validation, 34 days faster than Tunbridge Wells's median of 37 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.
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-14924938
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14924938
- Statutory expiry
- 13 Jul 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
12 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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