Planning application
Wildernesse Chase Wildernesse Avenue Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0ED
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
1 x Scotts Pine tree - fell
As published by the council, reference 25/02336/WTCA
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02336/WTCA
- Type
- Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 18 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 18 Aug 2025
- Ward
- Seal & Weald
- Parish
- Seal
- Postcode
- TN15 0ED
Site history
Applications at this address on the Sevenoaks register
This site has had 2 applications since 2023: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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23/02305/WTCA Granted
Wildernesse Chase Wildernesse Avenue Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0ED
works to trees
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Aug 2025
Received by Sevenoaks
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8 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 13 October 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Sevenoaks 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
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.
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Sevenoaks for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Sevenoaks decided tree works applications in a median of 18 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.
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26/01992/WTCA Granted
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