Planning application
Warders Medical Centre 47 East Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LA
Works: Trees
At appeal, which passes the decision to the national inspectorate. Anyone who commented before is normally able to comment again.
Proposal
T5 - Beech - Fell to ground level. The tree is in terminal decline and at risk of failing and falling into the busy surgery car park. T6 - Evergreen Oak - Fell to ground level. A very straggly, leaning and poor specimen which will not make maturity or serve any amenity value to the garden. T7 - Evergreen Oak - Fell to ground level. A very straggly, leaning and poor specimen which will not make maturity or serve any amenity value to the garden. G1 - Group of Conifers - Fell to ground level. High priority. The Conifers stems that have lost their bark have died and are at risk of failing and falling into the car park of the busy surgery car park. T9 - Cotoneaster - Reduce by 30% - High priority. It interferes with the overhead BT and Internet cables that supply the surgery with all their communications. T10 - Yellow Conifer - Reduce by 1.5m - High priority. It interferes with the overhead BT and Internet cables that supply the surgery with all their communications
As published by the council, reference 22/00526/TNCA
Application record
- Reference
- 22/00526/TNCA
- Type
- Tree Notification Conservation Area
- Status
- 4-Appeal decided
- Decision
- No Objection
- Received
- 7 Mar 2022
- Validated
- 9 Mar 2022
- Decided
- 19 Apr 2022
- Ward
- Medway
- Parish
- Tonbridge
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN9 1LA
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tonbridge and Malling register
This site has had 2 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00161/TNCA Granted
Warders Medical Centre 47 East Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LA
1 x Silver Birch (ref: T1 - shown in agents photo received 2nd February 2026 and in major decline) - Fell to ground level
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Mar 2022
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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9 Mar 2022
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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19 Apr 2022
Decision issued: No Objection
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1 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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About tree works applications
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