Planning application
13 Larkfield Close Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6BH
Works: Trees
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
To reduce by 30% to suitable growth points, 1 Horse Chestnut tree in the rear garden to help manage the trees size in a small garden - T3 of Tree Preservation Order
As published by the council, reference 23/00338/TPOC
Application record
- Reference
- 23/00338/TPOC
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order Consent
- Status
- Refuse
- Decision
- Refuse
- Received
- 14 Feb 2023
- Validated
- 14 Feb 2023
- Decided
- 11 Apr 2023
- Ward
- Larkfield South
- Parish
- East Malling And Larkfield
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- ME20 6BH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Feb 2023
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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11 Apr 2023
Decision issued: Refuse
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20 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 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.
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Open the documentsWhat refusal means
The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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13 Larkfield Close Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6BH
99% historically approved · decision due ~16 Jul
1 x Horse Chestnut- (Applicant reference T1) height approx. 15 metres, reduce by 2 metres, spread approx. 9 metres, reduce by 1 metre. Thin where applicable and raise lower crown by 2.4 metres. Tree is too big for the location, and affecting light. Tree standing in rear garden in T3 of TPO
Awaiting decision Trees 2 docs -
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26/00374/TPOC Granted
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1 x Beech (applicants ref. T1) - Reduce the spread over the garden of 3 Falkland Place and height as indicated in annotated photo attached to agents email dated 18th August 2026 (approx. 20% reduction). Standing in Woodland W6 of Tree Preservation Order.
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25/01594/TPOC Granted
Greenwich House 3 Richard Corben Way Aylesford Kent ME20 7WP
1 x Oak (applicant ref. T1 circled red on sketch plan) standing 10m. tall with lateral spread of 8m. Overall canopy reduction of approx. 30%, to 7m. x 5.5m. respectively with deadwood removed as found. T11 of Tree Preservation Order. 1 x Oak (applicant ref. T2 circled blue on sketch plan) standing 19m. tall with lateral spread of 14m. Overall canopy reduction of approx. 30%, to 13m. x 7.5m. with deadwood removed as found. T14 of Tree Preservation Order.
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26/01206/TPOC Granted
9 Haydens Mews Tonbridge Kent TN9 1PZ
2 x Beech (applicants ref. T1 and T2) - Reduce by 1-2M as indicated in annotated photos attached to agents email dated 11th August 2026 and thin by 10%. Standing in Group G6 of Tree Preservation Order.
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26/00809/TPOC Granted
1 Blacklands East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6DR
1 x Twin stemmed Sycamore - Reduce by 15% and prune to provide up to 1 metre clearance from the phone wires ensuring no branch of greater than 100mm diameter is removed as part of that treatment. Standing in Group G2 of Tree Preservation Order.
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25/01178/TPOC Granted
Pembroke Lodge 162 Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HP
Tree work (including root pruning) necessary to enable the installation of a concealed area for bins which will be accessible via a path in accordance with the methodology specified in the information received on the 17th July 2025 and 15th August 2025 as amended by the information in the email dated 9th July 2026. T5 of Tree Preservation Order.