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Land Rear Of Woodbury Road Walsham Road And Falkland Place Chatham Kent

Granted Tonbridge and Malling 21/00258/TPOC Tree Preservation Order Consent

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

T1, T2 and T3 Sweet Chestnut - re-coppice 3 x stools to ground level. Trees are situated adjacent to and are overhanging the boundary of 31 Walsham Road. The stools have lapsed and there is a significant risk that stems may break out. Sweet chestnut (T4) - Remove 1 x low branch overhanging the garden. Required to necessitate the works to T1

As published by the council, reference 21/00258/TPOC

Application record

Reference
21/00258/TPOC
Type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Status
Approved
Decision
Approved
Received
1 Feb 2021
Validated
1 Feb 2021
Decided
15 Mar 2021
Ward
Aylesford North And Walderslade
Parish
Aylesford
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Tonbridge and Malling register

This site has had 5 applications since 2020: 4 approved, 0 refused.

  • 21/00231/TPOC Granted

    Land Rear Of Woodbury Road Walsham Road And Falkland Place Chatham Kent

    T1 - T4 Ash - reduce by 30% and T5 Ash - fell

    Decided 8 Mar 2021 Trees
  • 20/02269/TPOC Granted

    Land Rear Of Woodbury Road Walsham Road And Falkland Place Chatham Kent

    T1 Sweet Chestnut - Twin Stem Coppice, T2 Sweet Chestnut - 7 stem coppice, T3 Hornbeam - Coppice, T4 Sweet Chestnut - Bark peel and cavity at base, T5 Beech - Reduce by 6m, T6 Sweet Chestnut - Twin stem coppice, T7 Sweet Chestnut - 7 stems coppice, T8 Sweet Chestnut - Single stem coppice, T9 Sweet Chestnut - 3 stems coppice with bark splitting at base, T10 Sweet Chestnut - Twin stem coppice, T11-T12 Sweet Chestnut - single stem coppice

    Decided 7 Dec 2020 Trees
  • 20/02226/TPOC Decided

    Land Rear Of Woodbury Road Walsham Road And Falkland Place Chatham Kent

    Coppice 4m line of Sweet Chestnut and Hornbeam to fence line

    Decided 8 Dec 2020 Trees
  • 20/00046/TPOC Granted

    Land Rear Of Woodbury Road Walsham Road And Falkland Place Chatham Kent

    T1 Hornbeam - Prune back from property by 2.5 metres, T2 Sweet Chestnut - Prune back from property by 3 metres, T3 Sweet Chestnut x2 - Fell to as near to ground level as possible (both trees have extensive lean and could potentially fail) and T4 Prunus - Fell to as near to ground level as possible young tree located too close to fence

    Decided 14 Feb 2020 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 1 Feb 2021

    Received by Tonbridge and Malling

  2. 15 Mar 2021

    Decision issued: Approved

  3. 29 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

7 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Tonbridge and Malling granted permission on 15 March 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.

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  • Land Rear Of Woodbury Road Walsham Road And Falkland Place Chatham Kent

    20/02269/TPOC Submitted 9 Oct 2020 0m away

    T1 Sweet Chestnut - Twin Stem Coppice, T2 Sweet Chestnut - 7 stem coppice, T3 Hornbeam - Coppice, T4 Sweet Chestnut - Bark peel and cavity at base, T5 Beech - Reduce by 6m, T6 Sweet Chestnut - Twin stem coppice, T7 Sweet Chestnut - 7 stems coppice, T8 Sweet Chestnut - Single stem coppice, T9 Sweet Chestnut - 3 stems coppice with bark splitting at base, T10 Sweet Chestnut - Twin stem coppice, T11-T12 Sweet Chestnut - single stem coppice

    Granted Trees 9 docs

  • Land Rear Of Woodbury Road Walsham Road And Falkland Place Chatham Kent

    20/02226/TPOC Submitted 5 Oct 2020 0m away

    Coppice 4m line of Sweet Chestnut and Hornbeam to fence line

    Decided Trees 3 docs
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  • Land Rear Of Woodbury Road Walsham Road And Falkland Place Chatham Kent

    20/00046/TPOC Submitted 9 Jan 2020 0m away

    T1 Hornbeam - Prune back from property by 2.5 metres, T2 Sweet Chestnut - Prune back from property by 3 metres, T3 Sweet Chestnut x2 - Fell to as near to ground level as possible (both trees have extensive lean and could potentially fail) and T4 Prunus - Fell to as near to ground level as possible young tree located too close to fence

    Granted Trees 4 docs
    Small domestic

  • 14 Falkland Place Chatham Kent ME5 9HR

    21/02007/LDP Submitted 19 Jul 2021 21m away

    Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: Single storey rear extension facing the garden, brick work materials to match existing in order to comply with the Local Planning policy

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  • 15 Falkland Place Chatham Kent ME5 9HR

    20/00287/TPOC Submitted 5 Feb 2020 22m away

    Fell declining silver Birch and replace

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  • LAND REAR OF WOODBURY ROAD WALSHAM ROAD AND, Falkland Place, Chatham

    25/01546/PA Submitted 18 Sep 2025 42m away

    2 Sweet Chestnut, 1 x Beech and 3 x Yew (standing to rear of 31 Walsham Road and shown in applicants photographs 7 and 8) - Prune branches overhanging the rear garden, back to the rear boundary fence of 31 Walsham Road. 1 x Ash and 1 x Hornbeam (standing to rear of 45 Walsham Road and shown in applicants photograph 9) - Prune overhanging branches by approximately 1m to clear the rear boundary fence of 45 Walsham Road. 1 x Hazel (growing against the rear boundary fence of 45 Walsham Road and shown in applicants photograph 10) - Coppice. 1 x Yew (standing to rear of 44 Walsham Road and shown in applicants photograph 11) - Prune overhanging branches by approximately 2m to clear the rear boundary fences. 1 x Yew (standing to rear of 46 Walsham Road and shown in applicants photograph 12) - Prune overhanging branches by approximately 1m to clear the rear boundary fence of 46 Walsham Road. 1 x Yew (overhanging garage of 46 Walsham Road and shown in applicants photograph 13) - Prune branches overhanging the garage of 46 Walsham Road back to the boundary fence. (cut/remove Brambles). All standing in Woodland W6 of Tree Preservation Order.

    Granted Trees 8 docs
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