Planning application
Fountains Lodge Nursing Home London Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0RJ
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
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.
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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.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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25 Sep 2026
Received by Tunbridge Wells
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28 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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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
66 applications on PlanIndex · across 35 councils · 96% granted
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
- ApplicationFormRedacted
- Tree Condition Survey
- Fountains lodge 1
- Fountains lodge 2
- Fountains lodge 3
- Fountains lodge 4
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Open the documentsWhat 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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