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Fountains Lodge Nursing Home London Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0RJ

Awaiting decision Tunbridge Wells 26/02139/TCA Trees

Works: Trees

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Proposal

CA trees: Common Yew, European Lime, Wild Privet, Cherry Laurel, European Lime & Leyland Cypress (G1/G8) Reduce back to boundary line and maintain as hedgerow

As published by the council, reference 26/02139/TCA

Application record

Reference
26/02139/TCA
Category
Trees
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
25 Sep 2026
Validated
25 Sep 2026
Ward
Southborough And Bidborough
Parish
Southborough Town Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
TN4 0RJ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Tunbridge Wells register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 25/02535/TCA Granted

    Fountains Lodge Nursing Home London Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0RJ

    Trees in a Conservation Area Notification: COMMON YEW, EUROPEAN LIME, WILD PRIVET, CHERRY LAUREL (G1) - Reduce back to boundary line and maintain; EUROPEAN LIME, LEYLAND CYPRESS (G8) - Reduce back to boundary line and maintain.

    Decided 27 Nov 2025 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 25 Sep 2026

    Received by Tunbridge Wells

  2. 28 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 20 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Tunbridge Wells took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Glendale Countryside LTD Agent, registered in Chorley

Active · incorporated 1987 · Chorley

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

6 documents on file for this application

  • ApplicationFormRedacted Application Details · 25 Sep 2026
  • Tree Condition Survey Supporting Documents · 25 Sep 2026
  • Fountains lodge 1 Photographs · 25 Sep 2026
  • Fountains lodge 2 Photographs · 25 Sep 2026
  • Fountains lodge 3 Photographs · 25 Sep 2026
  • Fountains lodge 4 Photographs · 25 Sep 2026

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Tunbridge Wells for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Tunbridge Wells decided tree works applications in a median of 39 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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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