Planning application
Wester Lodge 162C Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HP
Works: Trees
At appeal, which passes the decision to the national inspectorate. Anyone who commented before is normally able to comment again.
Proposal
1. Ash tree - declared dead/dying by tree surgeon - application to remove. 2. Maple tree - application to reduce canopy by 25% to prevent it encroaching on our neighbours and our garden as much as it is. 3. Horse Chestnut tree - application to reduce canopy by 25% as it is now overhanging the driveway
As published by the council, reference 23/00087/TNCA
Application record
- Reference
- 23/00087/TNCA
- Type
- Tree Notification Conservation Area
- Status
- 4-Appeal decided
- Decision
- No Objection
- Received
- 13 Jan 2023
- Validated
- 23 Jan 2023
- Decided
- 3 Mar 2023
- Ward
- Hildenborough
- Parish
- Hildenborough
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN11 9HP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Jan 2023
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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23 Jan 2023
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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3 Mar 2023
Decision issued: No Objection
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1 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens at appeal
The process from here
This application is at appeal, which passes the decision from the council to the national planning inspectorate, or in Scotland usually to a local review body first. The appeal considers the scheme afresh against the same policies.
Anyone who commented on the original application is normally notified and can comment again within the appeal deadline. Appeal decisions take months rather than weeks, and the outcome replaces the council's decision.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
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