Planning application
Brokes Wood Powder Mill Lane Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 9EG
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Dead, Dying or Dangerous Tree Notification: Beech - fell.
As published by the council, reference 26/00247/TDD
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00247/TDD
- Type
- Dead or Dangerous Tree Notification
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: No Objections
- Received
- 3 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 3 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 9 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Southborough And Bidborough
- Parish
- Southborough Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN4 9EG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Feb 2026
Received by Tunbridge Wells
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9 Feb 2026
Decision issued: No Objections
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
17 documents on file for this application
- Decision Notice
- Delegated Report
- Covering Email dated 03.02.2026
- Tree Location Plan
- Tree Location Plan
- Tree Location Plan
- Photograph of Tree
- Photograph of Tree
- Photograph of Tree
- Photograph of Tree
- Photograph of Tree
- Photograph of Tree
- Photograph of Tree
- Photograph of Tree
- Photograph of Tree
- Photograph of Tree
- Photograph of Tree
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tunbridge Wells granted permission on 9 February 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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