Planning application
Land Adjoining Birling Village Hall Snodland Road Birling West Malling Kent
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Tree Species: Beech Remove eye bolts and netball hoop and paint cambium damaged areas with Arbrex. Where the large branch has failed target prune. Crown reduce by thinning by 25%. Tree in Group G1 of Tree Preservation Order
As published by the council, reference 22/01722/TPOC
Application record
- Reference
- 22/01722/TPOC
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order Consent
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 4 Aug 2022
- Validated
- 4 Aug 2022
- Decided
- 7 Sep 2022
- Ward
- Downs And Mereworth
- Parish
- Birling
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Aug 2022
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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7 Sep 2022
Decision issued: Approved
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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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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tonbridge and Malling granted permission on 7 September 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.
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