Ightham County Primary School Oldbury Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DD

1. 6 Aug 2020

   Received by Tonbridge and Malling

2. 21 Aug 2020

   Decision issued: No Objection

3. 4 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

This application is at appeal, which passes the decision from the council to the national planning inspectorate, or in Scotland usually to a local review body first. The appeal considers the scheme afresh against the same policies.

Anyone who commented on the original application is normally notified and can comment again within the appeal deadline. Appeal decisions take months rather than weeks, and the outcome replaces the council's decision.

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.

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• Ightham County Primary School Oldbury Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DD

  22/01099/TNCA Submitted 19 May 2022 0m away

  The playing field is gradually shrinking on this side of the woods due to the overshadowing by the trees. Work is to let more light in for the grass so it can be reseeded. T1 Cherry - Crown lift to approximately 25 feet to allow light under trees and improve grass growth T2 Birch - Remove lowest 2 branches over field. T3 Oak - Remove lowest 2 branches over field. T4 Oak, by table - Remove lowest 4 branches over field. T5 Oak, by outdoor classroom - Remove lowest 2 branches over field

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• Ightham County Primary School Oldbury Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DD

  26/00798/TNCA Submitted 28 Apr 2026 11m away

  G24 - Various trees, various saplings hitting fence and low branches over playground - clear fenceline and crown lift to give 2m above fence. T25 - Robinia, by school building, major root visibly damaging building wall - dismantle to near ground level

  Granted Trees 4 docs
  Small domestic

• Arboret Oldbury Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DD

  23/00371/TNCA Submitted 20 Feb 2023 43m away

  Pollard 1 English oak Quercus robur (T1) adjacent to the house. The tree is causing shading and damp on the roof and the canopy has now started to rest on the property's roof, due to the fact its within a couple of metres of the house, bring it down by about 50% in height

  Decided Trees 4 docs

• Arboret, Oldbury Lane, Ightham, Sevenoaks, TN15 9DD

  25/01667/FL Submitted 8 Oct 2025 48m away

  Section 73 application to vary condition 3 (plans list) of planning permission TM/23/03379 (Erection of new detached dwellinghouse with associated access and vehicle parking facilities) to replace the open-air car port with an enclosed, secure double garage.

  Granted Full applications 21 docs
  Domestic

• ARBORET, OLDBURY LANE, Ightham, SEVENOAKS, TN15 9DD1667

  25/01667/PA Submitted 8 Oct 2025 48m away

  Section 73 application to vary condition 3 (plans list) of planning permission TM/23/03379 (Erection of new detached dwellinghouse with associated access and vehicle parking facilities) to replace the open-air car port with an enclosed, secure double garage.

  Granted Conditions 20 docs
  Domestic

• Arboret Oldbury Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DD

  26/01645/RD Submitted 4 Sep 2026 48m away

  95% historically approved · decision due ~30 Oct

  Details of condition 5 (slab levels) pursuant to planning permission TM/25/01667/FL (Section 73 application to vary condition 3 (plans list) of planning permission TM/23/03379 (Erection of new detached dwellinghouse with associated access and vehicle parking facilities) to replace the open-air car port with an enclosed, secure double garage.)

  Awaiting decision 5 docs
  Domestic

• 26/00374/TPOC Granted

  Land Between Falkland Place And Walsham Road Walderslade Chatham Kent

  1 x Beech (applicants ref. T1) - Reduce the spread over the garden of 3 Falkland Place and height as indicated in annotated photo attached to agents email dated 18th August 2026 (approx. 20% reduction). Standing in Woodland W6 of Tree Preservation Order.

  3 Mar 2026 Trees
• 25/01594/TPOC Granted

  Greenwich House 3 Richard Corben Way Aylesford Kent ME20 7WP

  1 x Oak (applicant ref. T1 circled red on sketch plan) standing 10m. tall with lateral spread of 8m. Overall canopy reduction of approx. 30%, to 7m. x 5.5m. respectively with deadwood removed as found. T11 of Tree Preservation Order. 1 x Oak (applicant ref. T2 circled blue on sketch plan) standing 19m. tall with lateral spread of 14m. Overall canopy reduction of approx. 30%, to 13m. x 7.5m. with deadwood removed as found. T14 of Tree Preservation Order.

  26 Sep 2025 Trees
• 26/01206/TPOC Granted

  9 Haydens Mews Tonbridge Kent TN9 1PZ

  2 x Beech (applicants ref. T1 and T2) - Reduce by 1-2M as indicated in annotated photos attached to agents email dated 11th August 2026 and thin by 10%. Standing in Group G6 of Tree Preservation Order.

  25 Jun 2026 Trees
• 26/00809/TPOC Granted

  1 Blacklands East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6DR

  1 x Twin stemmed Sycamore - Reduce by 15% and prune to provide up to 1 metre clearance from the phone wires ensuring no branch of greater than 100mm diameter is removed as part of that treatment. Standing in Group G2 of Tree Preservation Order.

  29 Apr 2026 Trees
• 25/01178/TPOC Granted

  Pembroke Lodge 162 Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HP

  Tree work (including root pruning) necessary to enable the installation of a concealed area for bins which will be accessible via a path in accordance with the methodology specified in the information received on the 17th July 2025 and 15th August 2025 as amended by the information in the email dated 9th July 2026. T5 of Tree Preservation Order.

  14 Jul 2025 Trees