Planning application
20 Birch Crescent Aylesford Kent ME20 7QE
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1 Sweet Chestnut to reduce by 3m on lowest limbs and only remove excessive weight
As published by the council, reference 20/02800/TPOC
Application record
- Reference
- 20/02800/TPOC
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order Consent
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 7 Dec 2020
- Validated
- 7 Dec 2020
- Decided
- 20 Jan 2021
- Ward
- Aylesford South
- Parish
- Aylesford
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- ME20 7QE
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tonbridge and Malling register
This site has had 3 applications since 2020: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/01502/TPOC Decided
20 Birch Crescent Aylesford Kent ME20 7QE
1 x dead Ash (shown in applicants photos) - Remove. Standing in Area A1 of Tree Preservation Orders 66/00011/TPO and 66/10020/TPO
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22/01274/TPOC Granted
20 Birch Crescent Aylesford Kent ME20 7QE
Ash Tree - reduce by 3m to create new crown, thin and deadwood Reason - maintenance and preservation. Standing in area A1 of Tree Preservation Order
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Dec 2020
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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20 Jan 2021
Decision issued: Approved
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29 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tonbridge and Malling granted permission on 20 January 2021, 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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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20 Birch Crescent Aylesford Kent ME20 7QE
Ash Tree - reduce by 3m to create new crown, thin and deadwood Reason - maintenance and preservation. Standing in area A1 of Tree Preservation Order
Granted Trees 5 docs -
21 Birch Crescent Aylesford Kent ME20 7QE
2x Large Sweet Chestnut Trees - Thin by 10%, deadwood and remove ivy to preserve the tree. Standing in Area A1 of Tree Preservation Order
Granted Trees 6 docs -
19 Birch Crescent Aylesford Kent ME20 7QE
There is a row of 13 Conifer trees at the rear boundary of my property along with a single Silver Birch tree on the right hand side of the plot. I wish to remove all of these and replace them with 13 Himalayan Silver Birches. Standing in area A1 of Tree Preservation Order
Granted Trees 5 docs -
19, BIRCH CRESCENT, AYLESFORD, ME20 7QE
1 x dead Whitebeam (applicants ref. T1) - Fell and remove the infested wood for disposal. Standing in Area A1 of Tree Preservation Orders 66/00011/TPO and 66/10020/TPO.
Decided Trees 7 docs -
22 Birch Crescent Aylesford Kent ME20 7QE
1 x Maple (applicants ref. T1) - Re-Pollard from current height of 7m to 4m, with lateral spread of 5m being reduced to 3m. Standing in Area A1 of Tree Preservation Order (AMENDED DESCRIPTION -TREE SPECIES CORRECTED)
Granted Trees 6 docs -
191 Woodlands Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6HA
1 x Birch (applicants ref. T1) - Reduce crown by approx 30% removing approx 3m from height and 2m from lateral spread. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Orders 64/00021/TPO and 64/10006/TPO.
Granted Trees 7 docs
Other tree works applications
In Tonbridge and Malling
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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.
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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.
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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.
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26/00963/TPOC Granted
Tonbridge Chambers Pembury Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2HZ
1 x Horse Chestnut (applicants ref. T1) - Canopy lift to 5 m above the road and lateral reduction on southern side to give building 3 m clearance. T1 of Tree Preservation Order
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26/00683/TPOC Granted
Four Seasons Park Labour In Vain Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7PA
1 x Cherry (applicants ref. T1) - Fell. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order