Planning application
25/01225/TPO
4 Garrow Longfield Kent DA3 7JN
Proposal
Application for removal of T2 Chestnut tree, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.1 1988
As published by the council, reference 25/01225/TPO
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Oct 2025
Received by Ebbsfleet Development Corporation
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28 Oct 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Refusal TPO
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What refusal means
The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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25/01225/TPO Refused
4 Garrow Longfield Kent DA3 7JN
Application for removal of T2 Chestnut tree, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.1 1988
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24/01120/TPO Granted
4 Garrow Longfield Kent DA3 7JN
Application for T4,5,6,7,33,34 - Six Sycamores on the boundary fence line to the public alleyway to the East side of number 4 to be reduced in height leaving at gutter height approximately 5.5 metres above ground level; T13,14,15- Sycamores x 4 - 1 tree on the east and south boundary and remaining trees on the south boundary to have the regrowth removed from our recent pruning works in 2018; T1 - Copper Beech - To crown thin complete canopy by no more than 15% - remove selective branches including around the reduction points as not to cause lions tailing, remove deadwood as required subject to Tree Preservation Order No.1 1988
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24/01120/TPO Granted
4 Garrow Longfield Kent DA3 7JN
Application for T4,5,6,7,33,34 - Six Sycamores on the boundary fence line to the public alleyway to the East side of number 4 to be reduced in height leaving at gutter height approximately 5.5 metres above ground level; T13,14,15- Sycamores x 4 - 1 tree on the east and south boundary and remaining trees on the south boundary to have the regrowth removed from our recent pruning works in 2018; T1 - Copper Beech - To crown thin complete canopy by no more than 15% - remove selective branches including around the reduction points as not to cause lions tailing, remove deadwood as required subject to Tree Preservation Order No.1 1988
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26/00463/TPO Granted
6 Garrow Longfield Kent DA3 7JN
Application for Yew Tree - Reduce crown by approximately 1 metre (see annotated photo), total height of tree from ground to reduce to approximately 8.5 metres, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.1 1988
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26/00463/TPO Granted
6 Garrow Longfield Kent DA3 7JN
Application for Yew Tree - Reduce crown by approximately 1 metre (see annotated photo), total height of tree from ground to reduce to approximately 8.5 metres, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.1 1988
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24/00919/TPO Granted
2 The Old Yews Longfield Kent DA3 7JS
Application for T1- Oak Tree to be crown reduced by 2m all round (as per annotated photo) and T2- Hornbeam to be crown reduced by 2m all round (as per annotated photo) subject to Tree Preservation Order No.5 1973
Other trees applications
In Ebbsfleet Development Corporation
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26/00730/TPO Granted
23 Royal Road Dartford Kent DA2 7RD
Application for T1 - Broad-leaved lime (Tilia platyphyllos): Remove all deadwood greater than 25mm diameter from the crown; T2 - Cherry (Prunus sp.): Fell the tree to ground level and plant one replacement standard flowering Cherry (Prunus Species), 10-12cm girth approximately in the same position; T3 - Red oak (Quercus rubra): Remove all deadwood greater than 25mm diameter from the crown, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.4 1994
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26/00864/TPO Awaiting decision
The Limes Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NQ
Application to remove G1 - 9x Sycamores to ground level, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.1 1984 within Hook Green Conservation Area
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26/00861/TPO Awaiting decision
14 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6JN
Application to reduce the crown to a suitable point outside the previous reduction points as per annotated photo and thin crown by no more than 35% of 1 No. Sycamore tree subject to Tree Preservation Order No.1 1995.
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26/00831/TPO Awaiting decision
11 Lapwings Longfield Kent DA3 7NH
Application for T1 Sycamore, T2 Ash tree, T3 Ash tree on rear boundary - remove 1 low limb from each tree, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.18 1991
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26/00693/TPO Granted
Grass Verge In Ferndell Avenue (Adjacent 53 Briar Road And 58 Summerhouse Drive) Bexley Kent
Application for T1, T2, T3 & T4 - Removal of Epicormic basal growth, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.5 2020