50, Little Orchard, Old Road, Wateringbury, Maidstone, ME18 5PL

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

• 25/01350/TNCA Granted

  50, Little Orchard, Old Road, Wateringbury, Maidstone, ME18 5PL

  1 x Crab Apple, 2 x Flowering Cherry, 3 x Cypress leylandii, 1 x Sycamore, 3 x Laurel and 1 x Prunus - Remove. (1 x Dawn Redwood - Remove dead branches only.)

  Decided 18 Sep 2025 Trees

1. 13 Aug 2025

   Received by Tonbridge and Malling

2. 18 Sep 2025

   Decision issued: No Objection

3. 8 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

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.

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.

• Little Orchard 50 Old Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PL

  20/02051/TNCA Submitted 17 Sep 2020 50 yards away

  Remove Leylandii, Ornamental Fir, 2x Golden Thujas, Fir, Christmas Tree, Pine, Silver Birch, Sycamore, Flowering Cherry and Tulip trees. Ash and Lime tree to be reduced by 25% and Pollard Golden Leylandii by 50%

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• 50, Little Orchard, Old Road, Wateringbury, Maidstone, ME18 5PL

  25/01350/TNCA Submitted 13 Aug 2025 50 yards away

  1 x Crab Apple, 2 x Flowering Cherry, 3 x Cypress leylandii, 1 x Sycamore, 3 x Laurel and 1 x Prunus - Remove. (1 x Dawn Redwood - Remove dead branches only.)

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• Little Orchard 50 Old Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PL

  26/01681/TNCA Submitted 10 Sep 2026 50 yards away

  95% historically approved · decision due ~5 Nov

  1 x Tulip Tree - Fell.

  Awaiting decision Trees

• 47 Old Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PL

  19/01674/FL Submitted 16 Jul 2019 50 yards away

  First floor rear dormer extension

  Granted Full applications Extension Loft or dormer 28 docs

• The Red House Cottage 29 Old Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PL

  19/02749/RD Submitted 20 Nov 2019 100 yards away

  Details of condition 2 (materials) pursuant to planning permission TM/19/01642/FL (Erection of buttress to support wall between Red House Cottage and 31 Old Road)

  Granted Outline 4 docs

• The Red House Cottage 29 Old Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PL

  19/01642/FL Submitted 11 Jul 2019 100 yards away

  Erection of buttress to support wall between Red House Cottage and 31 Old Road

  Granted Full applications 15 docs

• 26/01577/TPOC Awaiting decision

  Land Opposite 12 Leybank Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent

  1 x Norway Maple situated on adjoining land - remove low lying branches to a height of 4m. overhanging the property of 22 Leybank. Standing in Group G1 of Tree Preservation Order

  25 Aug 2026 Trees
• 26/01585/TPOC Awaiting decision

  28 Hornbeam Close Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6LY

  1 x Beech (T1 applicant reference) Crown lift to 4m over the entire crown, to provide clearance beneath the canopy. Overall crown reduction of approximately 1.5m in all round spread/height (as agreed in principle), with additional reduction of 1.5m specifically on the building-facing side to increase clearance from the property. Tree standing in G1 of TPO

  Received 25 Aug, published by the council 26 Aug 2026 Trees
• 26/01570/TPOC Awaiting decision

  111 Deakin Leas Tonbridge Kent TN9 2JT

  T1 - Mature Oak - Crown reduce by 30% (2.5m reduction). Crown clean - remove internal epicormic growth and dead wood. The reason for the works is to retain natural shape, and to minimise the encroachment on neighbouring properties. Tree standing in rear garden. G1 of TPO

  Received 21 Aug, published by the council 26 Aug 2026 Trees
• 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.

  Received 25 Jun, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Trees
• 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.

  Received 29 Apr, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Trees