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Yotes Court Mereworth Road Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5JQ

Granted Tonbridge and Malling 21/00441/TNCA Tree Notification Conservation Area

Works: Trees

At appeal, which passes the decision to the national inspectorate. Anyone who commented before is normally able to comment again.

Proposal

Management of the chestnut tree row and one ash tree at the end of the property, partially overhanging a historic wall. Chestnut trees along a 70m stretch of historic brick wall, work proposed is to reduce the length of branches overhanging the wall and extending out of the crown line to the wall to a suitable growth point behind the wall, along the length of the wall where required. Removed dead part of crown of Chestnut. Remove Ash tree within Chestnut tree boundary, the Ash tree consists of one stem that splits into two larger branches (roughly at 6m from the ground) which are solely growing towards the wall (south)

As published by the council, reference 21/00441/TNCA

Application record

Reference
21/00441/TNCA
Type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Status
4-Appeal decided
Decision
Granted As published: No Objection
Received
17 Feb 2021
Validated
17 Feb 2021
Decided
22 Mar 2021
Ward
Downs And Mereworth
Parish
Mereworth (Mereworth)
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
ME18 5JQ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Tonbridge and Malling register

This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 21/02206/TNCA Granted

    Yotes Court Mereworth Road Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5JQ

    T1 Sycamore - remove

    Decided 4 Oct 2021 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Feb 2021

    Received by Tonbridge and Malling

  2. 22 Mar 2021

    Decision issued: No Objection

  3. 29 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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6 documents on file for this application

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What happens at appeal

This application is at appeal, which passes the decision from Tonbridge and Malling to the planning inspectorate, and the outcome will replace the council's decision. 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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