Planning application
George And Dragon The Street Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9HH
Works: Trees
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Proposal
Applicants references: T1 and T2 Fraxinus excelsior - common ash: Two established and mature trees located in the car -park on the boundary with Darl Oast; Despite some concerns, I am not convinced that these trees have ADB, if they do, it is at a very early stage and in itself at this time not of concern. However, there are many other ash locally that do have ADB, some in Darl Oast garden. There are some remedial works that should be carried out on these trees, as they are a little neglected and have many over-extended branches (over-long), these can be sites of failure due to the excessive mass, leverage places on the unions (forks). There is also a considerable amount of ivy present in the crowns, this make visual inspection difficult and adds extra mass/volume to the trees, which is not advisable in a public setting. Reduce the crown of the tree by the selective removal of between 3-4 metres from the branch tips depending on the opportunities for cutting back to suitable live growth in each instance. At this time I would recommend that the ivy is severed at the base of the trees leaving a 1m band clear of ivy. T1 Height reduced from 15m to 11-12m & radial spread from 9m to 5-6m (on the longest over extended branches), T2 Height reduced from 14m to 10-11 & radial spread from 8m to 4-5m (on the longest over extended branches), This is in practice a reduction of leaf mass of approx. 25%. This figure is important as it is within the recommended guidelines stated by BS 3998(2010) "Recommendations for tree work", T3 Corylus avelana - hazel: Large example, on the boundary of the car park and Darl Oast; remove deadwood from the crown and re-coppice as should be done on a cyclical basis
As published by the council, reference 22/01848/TNCA
Application record
- Reference
- 22/01848/TNCA
- Type
- Tree Notification Conservation Area
- Status
- 4-Appeal decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: No Objection
- Received
- 22 Aug 2022
- Validated
- 23 Aug 2022
- Decided
- 3 Oct 2022
- Ward
- Wrotham, Ightham And Stansted
- Parish
- Ightham
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN15 9HH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tonbridge and Malling register
This site has had 4 applications since 2020: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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23/00031/TNCA Granted
George And Dragon The Street Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9HH
T1 - Ash tree, to be felled. T2 - Ash tree, to be felled
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20/00137/LB Granted
George And Dragon The Street Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9HH
Listed Building Application: Replacement signage and lighting. Redecoration of externals
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20/00136/AT Granted
George And Dragon The Street Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9HH
Two sets of individual goldleaf letters; 2 x Signwriting to walls; 1 x Menu case; 1 x Hanging sign
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Aug 2022
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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23 Aug 2022
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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3 Oct 2022
Decision issued: No Objection
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1 Sep 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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