Planning application
5 Kiln Field, Tenterden, TN30 7BY
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1. Hornbeam behind outbuilding: Prune lower limb away from building to give clearance of approximately 1-2m, leaving at approximately 3 metres, cutting back to appropriate branch axils. T2. Hornbeam approximately 9 metres tall, overhanging: Cut back toward boundary by 3 metres approximately, to improve light to the beds below. T3. Willow: previously pollarded and now losing stems: Cut back by approximately 6 metres, cutting back to previous points, to be manage as a pollard. T4. Hornbeam:approximately 17 metres tall: Reduce by approximately 2 metres, down to approximately 15 metres, with a proportional width reduction cutting back to appropriate branch unions to contain size.
As published by the council, reference OTH/2026/0551
Application record
- Reference
- OTH/2026/0551
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order - works related
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve with Conditions
- Received
- 20 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 20 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 7 May 2026
- Ward
- Tenterden South
- Parish
- Tenterden
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN30 7BY
Site history
Applications at this address on the Ashford register
This site has had 2 applications since 2023: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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PA/2023/0266 Refused
5, Kiln Field, Tenterden, TN30 7BY
Extension and conversion of garage to create an annexe
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Mar 2026
Received by Ashford
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7 May 2026
Decision issued: Approve with Conditions
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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 7 May 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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