Planning application
Dering Wood and Frith Wood, Smarden Bell Road, Smarden
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Forestry Commission felling licence consultation - Small scale, phasal coppicing of hornbeam in coups, combined with thinning of oak standards. Thinning out denser parts of the woodland and removal of occasional diseased ashes. Ref - 019/2381/2026
As published by the council, reference NOT/2026/1220
Application record
- Reference
- NOT/2026/1220
- Type
- Forestry Commission
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- No Objection
- Received
- 7 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 7 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 17 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Upper Weald
- Parish
- Egerton
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the Ashford register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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NOT/2026/0493 Granted
Dering Wood and Frith Wood, Smarden Bell Road, Smarden
Felling license covered by TPO/78/00007
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Jul 2026
Received by Ashford
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17 Jul 2026
Decision issued: No Objection
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Ashford granted permission on 17 July 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 this record
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