Planning application
15 Knockwood Road, Tenterden, TN30 7AP
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1 - sweet chestnut - Prune overhanging limbs back to garden boundary line (Superseded specification -To cut any overhanging branches away from property by 2-3metres.)
As published by the council, reference OTH/2025/1839
Application record
- Reference
- OTH/2025/1839
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order - works related
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Received
- 3 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 3 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 17 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Tenterden North
- Parish
- Tenterden
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN30 7AP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Oct 2025
Received by Ashford
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17 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Approve with Conditions
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13 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Ashford granted permission on 17 November 2025, 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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17 Knockwood Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AP
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