23/00256/TNCA

1. 3 Feb 2023

   Received by Tonbridge and Malling

2. 9 Mar 2023

   Decision issued: No Objection

3. 29 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

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.

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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• 23/00034/TNCA Granted

  37 The Stream Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6AG

  T1 sycamore within boundary of number 37 The Stream, crown reduce by 25%. T2 Yew cut back to boundary line. T3 sycamore reduce crown by 25%. T4 sycamore reduce crown by 25%. T5 sycamore reduce crown by 25%. T6 sycamore reduce crown by 25%. T7 sycamore reduce crown by 25% T2-T7 are situated on the boundary of number 37 The Stream and St Peters Church

  6 Jan 2023 45m away Trees
• 21/00683/TNCA Granted

  47 The Stream Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6AG

  T1 Sycamore - crown lift to 6 metres to leave balanced and 20% all over crown reduction, T2 Sycamore - crown lift to 8 metres to leave balanced, T3 Hazel - coppice to approx 3 metres, T4 Ash - reduce 1 stem back by 50%, T5 Sycamore - remove major deadwood and remove 3x small lower brances and T6 Ash - remove dying branch and reduce back

  9 Mar 2021 95m away Trees
• 21/01870/RD Granted

  12A Ditton Court Close Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6PQ

  Details of conditions 2 (materials), 3 (slab levels) and 6 (landscaping and boundary treatment) pursuant to planning permission TM/19/01296/FL (Erection of new dwelling within site boundary)

  2 Jul 2021 116m away Outline
• 26/01229/TNCA Awaiting decision

  47 The Stream Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6AG

  T1 - T4 Leylandii Trees - Fell to ground level

  30 Jun 2026 117m away Trees
• 21/00225/TPOC Granted

  19 Ditton Place Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6SX

  Group of Sycamores (G1), reduce by approx. one third.

  27 Jan 2021 140m away Trees
• 22/02532/LDP Withdrawn

  17 Scott Close Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6QP

  Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: Loft conversion with dormers

  17 Nov 2022 200m away Lawful development

• 26/01438/TNCA Decided

  Old Parsonage Court West Malling Kent

  1 x Oak (applicants ref. T1 - 70% dead and adjacent to garage) - Remove.

  23 Jul 2026 Trees
• 26/01427/TPOC Decided

  6 Staleys Acre Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8GT

  1 x twin-stemmed False Acacia with recently failed stem and basal decay - Remove. Standing in Group G1 of Tree Preservation Order

  29 Jul 2026 Trees
• 26/01426/TPOC Decided

  Bank Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent

  Trees standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order - Root pruning necessary to enable repair of leak (excavation along part of red line annotation on submitted plan in highway/highway Verge opposite Oakhurst Farm House, Bank Lane, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11

  29 Jul 2026 Trees
• 26/01422/TNCA Awaiting decision

  Hillview Long Mill Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8LZ

  T1 (Applicants ref) - False Acacia - Reduce crown by 30%.- To allow more light on property and patio

  28 Jul 2026 Trees
• 26/01408/TPOC Awaiting decision

  27 Haydens Mews Tonbridge Kent TN9 1PZ

  Ash tree- Coppice (Lower boughs cutting back). Standing in Group G2 of Tree Preservation Order

  27 Jul 2026 Trees