21/01559/TPOC

1. 2 Jun 2021

   Received by Tonbridge and Malling

2. 21 Jul 2021

   Decision issued: Refuse

3. 29 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

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.

More on trees applications in our guide

• 26/00234/TPOC Granted

  15 Birch Crescent Aylesford Kent ME20 7QE

  1 x Sweet Chestnut (standing at the far end of the rear garden) - Reduce by 15% as indicated on photo attached to email dated 29th May 2026. Standing in Area A1 of Tree Preservation Orders 66/00011/TPO and 66/10020/TPO.

  11 Feb 2026 27m away Trees
• 21/00069/TPOC Granted

  233 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QF

  Conifer (T1) to fell; and Sweet Chestnut (T2) to reduce lower south facing limb to balance crown

  12 Jan 2021 30m away Trees
• 21/00722/TPOC Withdrawn

  233 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QF

  Chestnut T1 - lift to 6m and reduce large limb growing toward neighbour's property by 30%, lift to 5m, remove previously pruned stubbs and deadwood, T2 Spruce - reduce to previous points and prune and T3 Cypress - fell to ground

  12 Mar 2021 32m away Trees
• 26/00741/TPOC Awaiting decision

  13 Birch Crescent Aylesford Kent ME20 7QE

  T1(Applicants ref)- Sweet chestnut, overall reduction of approx 25%, to 16m x 7.5m respectively. T2(Applicants ref)- Sweet chestnut, overall reduction of 25%, to 16m x 7.5m respectively. T3(Applicants ref)- Conifer Dismantal and removal to ground level. T4(Applicants ref)- Sweet chestnut, Overall reduction of 25% to 16.5m x 5m respectively. Area A1 of Tree Preservation Order

  22 Apr 2026 57m away Trees
• 21/01243/TPOC Granted

  227 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QG

  1 x Yew (applicant's ref. T1) - Reduce by up to 1 third. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order

  29 Apr 2021 68m away Trees
• 21/00106/TPOC Granted

  194 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QF

  T1 Multi-stemmed Sweet Chestnut RHS of garden: - Reduce the 2no stems protruding over neighbours garden back to height of 6m above ground level. Remove 1 lateral branch in mid-crown back to source

  15 Jan 2021 69m away Trees

• 26/01438/TNCA Decided

  Old Parsonage Court West Malling Kent

  1 x Oak (applicants ref. T1 - 70% dead and adjacent to garage) - Remove.

  23 Jul 2026 Trees
• 26/01427/TPOC Decided

  6 Staleys Acre Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8GT

  1 x twin-stemmed False Acacia with recently failed stem and basal decay - Remove. Standing in Group G1 of Tree Preservation Order

  29 Jul 2026 Trees
• 26/01426/TPOC Decided

  Bank Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent

  Trees standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order - Root pruning necessary to enable repair of leak (excavation along part of red line annotation on submitted plan in highway/highway Verge opposite Oakhurst Farm House, Bank Lane, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11

  29 Jul 2026 Trees
• 26/01422/TNCA Awaiting decision

  Hillview Long Mill Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8LZ

  T1 (Applicants ref) - False Acacia - Reduce crown by 30%.- To allow more light on property and patio

  28 Jul 2026 Trees
• 26/01408/TPOC Awaiting decision

  27 Haydens Mews Tonbridge Kent TN9 1PZ

  Ash tree- Coppice (Lower boughs cutting back). Standing in Group G2 of Tree Preservation Order

  27 Jul 2026 Trees