Planning application
401 London Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6DB
Works: Trees
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
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
As published by the council, reference 22/01498/TNCA
Application record
- Reference
- 22/01498/TNCA
- Type
- Tree Notification Conservation Area
- Status
- 6 Weeks Expired
- Decision
- 6 week expired TNCA
- Received
- 3 Mar 2022
- Validated
- 23 Mar 2022
- Decided
- 23 Nov 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.
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22/00489/TPOC Granted
401 London Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6DB
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
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Mar 2022
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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23 Mar 2022
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Nov 2022
Decision issued: 6 week expired TNCA
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1 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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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
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401 London Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6DB
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
Granted Trees 5 docs -
Tudor Oaks 269 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QD
Top upper third of 3 Leylandii; reduce Leylandii and Laurel hedge to 3m in height; 2x Oak to raise the crowns, remove deadwood and reduce branches; raise crown of Sweet Chestnut, remove deadwood and reduce branches; and 3x Chestnut trees to remove deadwood
Granted Trees 7 docs -
407, LONDON ROAD, DITTON, AYLESFORD, ME20 6DB
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 docsSmall domestic -
263 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QD
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 docsSmall domestic -
263 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QD
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 docsSmall domestic -
263 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QD
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
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