Planning application
20 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Application for T5 Maple Tree - Reduce height from 14 metres to 12 metres and spread from 12.6 and 9.9 metres to 10.6 and 7.9 metres, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.8 2023
As published by the council, reference 26/01009/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01009/TPO
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 27 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 10 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet
- Parish
- Longfield And New Barn
- Postcode
- DA3 7HB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation register
This site has had 3 applications since 2026: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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26/01005/TPO Awaiting decision
20 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Application for T4 Maple Tree - Remove deceased tree, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.12 1982
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26/00507/TPO Refused
20 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Application for T5 Maple tree - Reduce and reshape to a more compact canopy; Reduce in height and radial spread by 1.5 metres from 14 metres to 12.5 metres; Pollarding tree, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.8 2023
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Aug 2026
Received by Ebbsfleet Development Corporation
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10 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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17 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 5 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Ebbsfleet Development Corporation took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Ebbsfleet Development Corporation for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Ebbsfleet Development Corporation decided tree works applications in a median of 44 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.
Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
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20 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
90% historically approved · decision due ~22 Oct
Application for T4 Maple Tree - Remove deceased tree, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.12 1982
Awaiting decision Trees 7 docs -
20 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Application to reduce 2 No. Hornbeam trees (T2 and T3) by 1/3. from 20m to 15m subject to Tree Preservation Order No.12 1982
Granted Trees 3 docs -
20 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Application for T5 Maple tree - Reduce and reshape to a more compact canopy; Reduce in height and radial spread by 1.5 metres from 14 metres to 12.5 metres; Pollarding tree, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.8 2023
Refused Trees 4 docs -
18 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Erection of a single storey rear extension
Granted Full applications Extension 9 docsSmall domestic -
18 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Erection of a single storey rear extension
Granted Full applications Extension 9 docsSmall domestic -
22 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Application to reduce 1 No. Hornbeam trees (T4) by 1/3 (from 20m to 15m) subject to Tree Preservation Order No.12 1982
Granted Trees 3 docs
Other tree works applications
In Ebbsfleet Development Corporation
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26/01010/TPO Granted
23 Royal Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RD
Application for T1- broad-leaved lime (tilia platyphyllos) shown in red on the map - (currently around 20 metres tall with a lateral spread of 18 metres) and after reduction, deadwood removal and internal thin through (20%) the tree would stand 17 metres with a lateral spread of 15 metres; T2- Red oak (Quercus rubra) shown in blue in map - (currently around 20 metres tall with lateral spread of 19 metres) and after reduction, deadwood removal the tree would stand 17 metres with a lateral spread of 16 metres subject to Tree Preservation Order No.4 1994
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26/01011/TPO Granted
22 Royal Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RD
Application for T1- Hawthorn tree ( Crataegus monogyna) shown in red on map - removal to ground level: T2-Cherry tree (Prunus serrulata) shown in blue on map (currently stands around 13 metres tall with a lateral spread of 9 metres.) and after pruning the tree would stand 12 metres tall with a lateral spread of 8 metres subject to Tree Preservation Order No.4 1994
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26/01132/TPO Awaiting decision
Adjacent 31 Shiers Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5FQ
Application to remove surface roots from the Plane tree which are under the ground and patio of 31 Shiers Avenue, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.4 1996
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26/01119/TPO Awaiting decision
5 North Riding Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Application for 1 no. Hornbeam (Carpinus Betulus) tree - Crown reduction from current height of approx. 11.5 metres and crown spread of 7.5 metres to an estimated finished height of 10 metres and crown spread of 6 metres; Crown thin by approx. 15% through the selective removal of secondary and tertiary branches evenly throughout the crown; Removal of basal and epicormic suckers arising from the lower stem and around the base of the tree, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.4 1987
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26/01111/TPO Awaiting decision
Greenacre Oakfield Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2SP
Application for T8 1x Sycamore Tree - Dismantle to as close to ground level as possible; T9 1 x Sycamore Tree - Approx. 14 metres in height with a crown spread of approx. 9 metres - Reduce crown by 3 metres leaving a spread of 6 metres both sides of the stem; T1, T2, T3, T4, T11, T13, T15, T17 and T19 Sycamore Trees - Trees approx. 12 metres in height and approx. 6 metres in width - Reduce the width of the trees by approx. 3 metres back in away from the pavement to approximately 3 metres, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.5 2006