Planning application
Sycamores Bates Hill Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9BG
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
1 x Oak and 1 x Sycamore (applicants ref. T1 and T2) - Crown lift to 5m above ground level removing secondary and tertiary branches and small primary branches not removing any branch of greater than 100mm diameter, (remove Ivy). T1 and T3 of Tree Preservation Order; 1 x Sycamore (applicants ref. T3) - Prune to provide 3m clearance from the house. Standing in Group G1 of Tree Preservation Order
As published by the council, reference 23/00578/TPOC
Application record
- Reference
- 23/00578/TPOC
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order Consent
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 14 Mar 2023
- Validated
- 16 Mar 2023
- Decided
- 13 Apr 2023
- Ward
- Wrotham, Ightham And Stansted
- Parish
- Ightham
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN15 9BG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Mar 2023
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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16 Mar 2023
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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13 Apr 2023
Decision issued: Approved
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20 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 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 a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
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
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Sycamores Bates Hill Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9BG
T1 (applicants ref.) T1 of Tree Preservation Order - Oak in rear garden - remove ivy and lift canopy to 6m from 4m. T2 (applicants ref.) T3 of Tree Preservation Order - Sycamore in rear garden - remove ivy and lift canopy to 6m from 4m . T3 (applicants ref.) Standing in Group G1 of Tree Preservation Order - Sycamore in rear garden - remove one stem/limb (as indicated in annotated photo attached to applicants e-mail dated 20th December 2022) whose canopy is touching the house
Refused Trees 9 docs -
Sycamores Bates Hill Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9BG
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