Planning application
215 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QG
Works: Trees
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Applicants ref: T1 and T2, Sweet Chestnuts, each standing 12m high with a lateral spread of 6m. Removal to ground level due to the height and debris within a narrow rear garden. The intention of the owner/applicant is to replant with a fruit bearing species which will be more manageable. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order
As published by the council, reference 23/00186/TPOC
Application record
- Reference
- 23/00186/TPOC
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order Consent
- Status
- Refuse
- Decision
- Refuse
- Received
- 25 Jan 2023
- Validated
- 25 Jan 2023
- Decided
- 24 Apr 2023
- Ward
- Aylesford South
- Parish
- Aylesford
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- ME20 7QG
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tonbridge and Malling register
This site has had 3 applications since 2020: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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21/00502/TPOC Granted
215 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QG
Group of 4 Sweet chestnut- reduce by one third, and group of 3 Chestnuts - to coppice and allow to regenerate.
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20/02171/TPOC Withdrawn
215 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QG
T1-T7 Sweet Chestnuts - take down to a coppice stock
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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25 Jan 2023
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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24 Apr 2023
Decision issued: Refuse
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1 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
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Tonbridge and Malling refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. 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.
Nearby applications
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215 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QG
Group of 4 Sweet chestnut- reduce by one third, and group of 3 Chestnuts - to coppice and allow to regenerate.
Granted Trees 15 docs -
215 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QG
T1-T7 Sweet Chestnuts - take down to a coppice stock
Withdrawn Trees 14 docs -
19 Birch Crescent Aylesford Kent ME20 7QE
There is a row of 13 Conifer trees at the rear boundary of my property along with a single Silver Birch tree on the right hand side of the plot. I wish to remove all of these and replace them with 13 Himalayan Silver Birches. Standing in area A1 of Tree Preservation Order
Decided Trees 5 docs -
19, BIRCH CRESCENT, AYLESFORD, ME20 7QE
1 x dead Whitebeam (applicants ref. T1) - Fell and remove the infested wood for disposal. Standing in Area A1 of Tree Preservation Orders 66/00011/TPO and 66/10020/TPO.
Decided Trees 7 docs -
223 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QG
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: Extending existing dropped kerb
Decided Lawful development 9 docs -
223, Woodlands Road Aylesford ME20 7QG
First floor extension over existing ground floor extension
Granted Full applications Extension 10 docs
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