Planning application
The Plain Balcombes Hill Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1AE
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Trees in a conservation area notification: Horse Chestnut (T1) - crown lift to give 3 metre clearance.
As published by the council, reference 25/02984/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02984/TCA
- Type
- Trees in Conservation Area
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- No Objections
- Received
- 12 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 12 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 21 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Rural Tunbridge Wells
- Parish
- Goudhurst Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN17 1AE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Dec 2025
Received by Tunbridge Wells
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21 Jan 2026
Decision issued: No Objections
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11 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, registered in Cranbrook
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
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