Planning application
215 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QG
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Group of 4 Sweet chestnut- reduce by one third, and group of 3 Chestnuts - to coppice and allow to regenerate.
As published by the council, reference 21/00502/TPOC
Application record
- Reference
- 21/00502/TPOC
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order Consent
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 23 Feb 2021
- Validated
- 23 Feb 2021
- Decided
- 14 Apr 2021
- Ward
- Aylesford South
- Parish
- Aylesford
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- ME20 7QG
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tonbridge and Malling register
This site has had 3 applications since 2020: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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23/00186/TPOC Refused
215 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QG
Applicants ref: T1 and T2, Sweet Chestnuts, each standing 12m high with a lateral spread of 6m. Removal to ground level due to the height and debris within a narrow rear garden. The intention of the owner/applicant is to replant with a fruit bearing species which will be more manageable. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order
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20/02171/TPOC Withdrawn
215 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QG
T1-T7 Sweet Chestnuts - take down to a coppice stock
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Feb 2021
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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14 Apr 2021
Decision issued: Approved
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tonbridge and Malling granted permission on 14 April 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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215 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QG
Applicants ref: T1 and T2, Sweet Chestnuts, each standing 12m high with a lateral spread of 6m. Removal to ground level due to the height and debris within a narrow rear garden. The intention of the owner/applicant is to replant with a fruit bearing species which will be more manageable. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order
Refused Trees 10 docs -
215 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QG
T1-T7 Sweet Chestnuts - take down to a coppice stock
Withdrawn Trees 14 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 -
223 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QG
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: Extending existing dropped kerb
Decided Lawful development 9 docs -
223, Woodlands Road Aylesford ME20 7QG
First floor extension over existing ground floor extension
Granted Full applications Extension 10 docs
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