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401 London Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6DB

Granted Tonbridge and Malling 22/00489/TPOC Tree Preservation Order Consent

Works: Trees

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

Proposal

Line of Beech (adjacent to front garden boundary with 403 London Road) - Reduce lateral spread to 4m; 5 x Sweet Chestnut (adjacent to boundary of Tudor Oaks 269 Woodlands Road) - Remove deadwood only. All Standing in Area A1 of Tree Preservation Order

As published by the council, reference 22/00489/TPOC

Application record

Reference
22/00489/TPOC
Type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Status
Approved
Decision
Approved
Received
3 Mar 2022
Validated
23 Mar 2022
Decided
21 Jul 2022
Ward
Aylesford South
Parish
Aylesford
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
ME20 6DB

Site history

Applications at this address on the Tonbridge and Malling register

This site has had 2 applications since 2022: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 22/01498/TNCA Decided

    401 London Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6DB

    8 x Sweet Chestnut (standing adjacent to boundary with 403 London Road) - Repollard to 8m; Conifers adjacent to front boundary (west of driveway entrance) - Top to the height of shortest conifer (6ft); Leylandii (adjacent to the house) - Cut back to give 1m Clearance of structures

    Decided 23 Nov 2022 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Mar 2022

    Received by Tonbridge and Malling

  2. 23 Mar 2022

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 21 Jul 2022

    Decision issued: Approved

  4. 1 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

5 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Tonbridge and Malling granted permission on 21 July 2022, 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

  • 401 London Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6DB

    22/01498/TNCA Submitted 3 Mar 2022 19m away

    8 x Sweet Chestnut (standing adjacent to boundary with 403 London Road) - Repollard to 8m; Conifers adjacent to front boundary (west of driveway entrance) - Top to the height of shortest conifer (6ft); Leylandii (adjacent to the house) - Cut back to give 1m Clearance of structures

    Decided Trees 6 docs

  • 263 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QD

    21/00112/FL Submitted 18 Jan 2021 40m away

    Two storey side extension and a single storey rear extension, add two more bedrooms and extend the kitchen and dining room spaces. Demolition of two existing deteriorated garages and replacement with a new garage and separate home office/gym

    Refused Full applications Extension Demolition 19 docs
    Small domestic

  • 263 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QD

    21/01322/FL Submitted 10 May 2021 40m away

    Two storey side extension and a single storey rear extension to add two more bedrooms and extend the kitchen and dining room spaces. Demolition of two existing deteriorated garages and replacement with a new garage and separate home office/gym. Renew and extend the existing driveway

    Granted Full applications Extension Demolition 24 docs
    Small domestic

  • 263 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QD

    22/00877/TNCA Submitted 15 Apr 2022 46m away

    1 x Chestnut (applicants ref. T1) - Pollard at approx. 8M as shown in photo; 1 x Yew (applicants ref. T2) - Reduce height by 1 quarter and trim as specified, (remove deadwood); 1 x Scots Pine, 1 x Chestnut (applicants ref. T3 and T4) - Reduce height by 1 quarter and trim to prevent overhang onto public highway and footpath; 1 x Chestnut (applicants ref. T5) - Re-pollard and tidy to previous points at 10M; 1 x Conifer (applicants ref. T6) - Pollard to unspecified height; 1 x Larch (applicants ref. T7) - Reduce height by 1 quarter as specified; 1 x Hornbeam (applicants ref. T8) - To reduce height of the tree to around gutter height of the neighbours house and shape remaining stems as specified; 1 x Chestnut (applicants ref. T9) - Reduce to previous points at approx. 12M, (remove deadwood); 1 x Sweet Chestnut (shown in photo - applicants ref. T10) - Remove the stems which overhang the footpath and reduce the height by 1 quarter; Line of mixed Conifers/Spruce (applicants ref. G1) - reduce to 8ft and trim both faces to create a balanced square hedgerow and prevent hang over onto public footpath

    Decided Trees 5 docs

  • 218, Woodlands Road, Aylesford, ME20 7QB

    25/01900/TNCA Submitted 13 Nov 2025 55m away

    T1 Sycamore, Remove branches over cinema room T2, Oak, Lift to 5m T3 Reduce Purple Plum 5m to 4m

    Granted Trees 5 docs

  • 407, LONDON ROAD, DITTON, AYLESFORD, ME20 6DB

    25/01615/PA Submitted 30 Sep 2025 60m away

    Single storey flat roof extension to rear and a roof replacement to the existing side and rear elements from pitched roof to monopitch and flat roof.

    Granted Householder Extension Roofing 9 docs
    Small domestic

In Tonbridge and Malling

  • 26/00374/TPOC Granted

    Land Between Falkland Place And Walsham Road Walderslade Chatham Kent

    1 x Beech (applicants ref. T1) - Reduce the spread over the garden of 3 Falkland Place and height as indicated in annotated photo attached to agents email dated 18th August 2026 (approx. 20% reduction). Standing in Woodland W6 of Tree Preservation Order.

    3 Mar 2026 Trees
  • 25/01594/TPOC Granted

    Greenwich House 3 Richard Corben Way Aylesford Kent ME20 7WP

    1 x Oak (applicant ref. T1 circled red on sketch plan) standing 10m. tall with lateral spread of 8m. Overall canopy reduction of approx. 30%, to 7m. x 5.5m. respectively with deadwood removed as found. T11 of Tree Preservation Order. 1 x Oak (applicant ref. T2 circled blue on sketch plan) standing 19m. tall with lateral spread of 14m. Overall canopy reduction of approx. 30%, to 13m. x 7.5m. with deadwood removed as found. T14 of Tree Preservation Order.

    26 Sep 2025 Trees
  • 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.

    25 Jun 2026 Trees
  • 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.

    29 Apr 2026 Trees
  • 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.

    14 Jul 2025 Trees