106 Freshfield Bank, Forest Row, RH18 5HN Data via plota.co.uk

TM/2025/0312/TPO - Tree with Preservation Order Approved

Proposal

Fell to ground level T1 oak within tree preservation order (Forest Row) no 45/3, 1990 Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
14 Nov 2025
✓
Validated
7 Dec 2025
✓
Approved
21 Jan 2026
−
Appeal split decision
6 Aug 2026

Approved on 21 Jan 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Site constraints 8

High Weald National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Public footpath 7 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
3 listed buildings within 150 m; Registered park or garden 156 m away: Kidbrooke Park; Conservation area 57 m away: Forest Row Conservation Area; Inside the Forest Row built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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 £169,950 in September 1998. Detached house, freehold.

29 September 1998£169,950

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Wealden
Application type
Tree with Preservation Order
Postcode
RH18 5HN
Received
14 Nov 2025
Validated
7 Dec 2025
Ward
Forest Row
Parish
Forest Row
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 Feb 2026
Decision
No objections
Decision date
21 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Appeal
Split decision · 6 Aug 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6009944 ↗
Applicant
Show
Agent
RH Madgwick & Sons

How this decision compares

Decided in 45 days from validation, about the council's usual 43 days. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

81%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
285decided in the last year

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

Wealden
Planning Authority Score
4.2/10
Below average
#188 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Wealden ranks #132 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Wealden decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #231 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #227 of 296
69%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #132 of 296
40%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #156 of 296
66%
Minor dwellings approved
170 decided (1-9 homes)
78%
Major dwellings approved
32 decided (10+ homes)
74%
Change of use approved
82 decided
1,361
Total decisions
220 refused in the year to March 2026

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