Planning application
Land Between Oldbury Hatch And Oldbury House Oldbury Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent
Works: Trees
At appeal, which passes the decision to the national inspectorate. Anyone who commented before is normally able to comment again.
Proposal
T5-T18 Lapsed Beech Hedge - reduce trees back to hedge height at approx 2.5m because of structural flaws which limit their long-term viability. There are numerous structural issues as the trees are a lapsed hedge, heavy decline of one large tree suggesting root disease, various cavities at or around the roots and lower trunks the trees heavily overshadow Oldbury House. Pruning the trees will not address the light issue for the adjacent house as the trees will still be very dominant and regrowth will block even more light- standing in group G1 of Tree Preservation Order
As published by the council, reference 22/02767/TPOC
Application record
- Reference
- 22/02767/TPOC
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order Consent
- Status
- Appeal Started - Hearing: Notify Parties
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refuse
- Received
- 13 Dec 2022
- Validated
- 13 Dec 2022
- Decided
- 7 Feb 2023
- Ward
- Wrotham, Ightham And Stansted
- Parish
- Ightham
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tonbridge and Malling register
This site has had 2 applications since 2022: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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22/01759/TPOC Granted
Land Between Oldbury Hatch And Oldbury House Oldbury Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent
Line of Beech trees/lapsed hedge (applicants ref. T5-T18) - Treating the trees as a collective group, crown reduce height by 4-5m. Reduce laterals on west side by 3-4m to balance and laterals on East side by 2-3m. Standing in Group G1 of Tree Preservation Order
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Dec 2022
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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7 Feb 2023
Decision issued: Refuse
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1 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 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.
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Land Between Oldbury Hatch And Oldbury House Oldbury Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent
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Granted Trees 5 docs -
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