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Playing Fields Tonbridge School High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JP

Granted Tonbridge and Malling 23/00475/TNCA Tree Notification Conservation Area

Works: Trees

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Proposal

T1 - Pendunculate Oak (Quercus robur) - Fell and replace - Specimen is in decline, large amounts of deadwood and cambium recession at the base. much of the crown is overhanging the footpath. T2- Sycamore (Acer psuedoplatanus) - Fell and replace - Specimen is in decline and half of the crown has died, located in an area of heavy footfall. T3- Holm oak (Quercus ilex)- Remove hung up branch and split horizontal branch at 9m in the crownT4 -Pendunculate Oak (Quercus robur)- Clear branches from streetlight by removing/ reducing lowest lateral branches.

As published by the council, reference 23/00475/TNCA

Application record

Reference
23/00475/TNCA
Type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Status
4-Appeal decided
Decision
No Objection
Received
3 Mar 2023
Validated
3 Mar 2023
Decided
11 Apr 2023
Ward
Castle
Parish
Tonbridge
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
TN9 1JP

Site history

Applications at this address on the Tonbridge and Malling register

This site has had 3 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/01266/TNCA Awaiting decision

    Playing Fields Tonbridge School High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JP

    3 x Ash (applicant refs T1, T2 and T3 - T1 and T2 standing adjacent to boundary between Smythe House 45 and Welldon House 47/49 London Road and T3 standing adjacent to path that runs along the north side of the playing fields in locations marked on annotated aerial image) - Crown reductions to secondary fork unions approximately 4 metres from branch tips as specified.

    Submitted 6 Jul 2026
  • 22/02710/TNCA Granted

    Playing Fields Tonbridge School High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JP

    G1 - 5 no. Young Walnut trees with stem diameter's no greater than 190mm, fell and the stumps ground out to allow for the re-alignment of the rugby training grid

    Decided 17 Jan 2023 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Mar 2023

    Received by Tonbridge and Malling

  2. 11 Apr 2023

    Decision issued: No Objection

  3. 20 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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What happens at appeal

This application is at appeal, which passes the decision from Tonbridge and Malling to the planning inspectorate, and the outcome will replace the council's decision. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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