Orchard Villa Park Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 9JN Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Trees: Pine x2 (T1 & T2) - Fell to ground level; Pine x2 (T3 & T4) - raise canopy to 6m above ground level Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 22 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Jul 2026
Documents 6
Decision & officer reports 2
Site constraints 3
Checked on 6 October 2026. 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 1
Last sold for £640,000 in February 2005. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2022, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Postcode
- TN4 9JN
- Received
- 1 May 2026
- Validated
- 27 May 2026
- Ward
- St. James'
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 22 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Application Refused
- Decision date
- 22 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- G.Bridgland Ltd.
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, 19 days slower than Tunbridge Wells's median of 37 for tree and landscaping works. Refused, as 2% 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-14903849
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14903849
- Comments by
- 3 Jul 2026
- Site or press notice
- 12 Jun 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 22 Jul 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
26 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.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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