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Manor Park Country Park, St Leonards Street, West Malling

Granted Tonbridge and Malling 25/01432/PA Tree Notification Conservation Area

Works: Trees

At appeal, which passes the decision to the national inspectorate. Anyone who commented before is normally able to comment again.

Proposal

1 x Common hawthorn (ref. T1 on map) ivy clad - remove broken branches above 2m. 1 x Ash (ref. T2) Remove dead north-east facing stem adj. picnic area. 1 x Ash adj. car park (ref. T3) Remove large deadwood. 1 x Oak (ref. T4) Remove dead hanging branch over footpath. T5 Group of dead/declining Cherry trees on embankment above lakeside footpath - remove all dead trees. 1 x Ash in decline adj. St Leonards Street (ref. T6) fell to ground. 1 x dead English Elm (ref. T7) fell to ground. 2 x Ash adj. St Leonards Street (ref. T8) decayed, fell both to ground. 1 x dead Common Ash adj. lakeside footpath (ref. T9) fell to ground. 3 x Common Ash predominantly dead adj. footpaths (ref. T11, T12 and T13) fell to ground.

As published by the council, reference 25/01432/PA

Application record

Reference
25/01432/PA
Type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Status
4-Appeal decided
Decision
No Objection
Received
1 Sep 2025
Validated
1 Sep 2025
Decided
9 Oct 2025
Ward
East Malling West Malling And Offham
Parish
West Malling
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Tonbridge and Malling register

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

  • 25/01432/TNCA Granted

    Manor Park Country Park, St Leonards Street, West Malling

    1 x Common hawthorn (ref. T1 on map) ivy clad - remove broken branches above 2m. 1 x Ash (ref. T2) Remove dead north-east facing stem adj. picnic area. 1 x Ash adj. car park (ref. T3) Remove large deadwood. 1 x Oak (ref. T4) Remove dead hanging branch over footpath. T5 Group of dead/declining Cherry trees on embankment above lakeside footpath - remove all dead trees. 1 x Ash in decline adj. St Leonards Street (ref. T6) fell to ground. 1 x dead English Elm (ref. T7) fell to ground. 2 x Ash adj. St Leonards Street (ref. T8) decayed, fell both to ground. 1 x dead Common Ash adj. lakeside footpath (ref. T9) fell to ground. 3 x Common Ash predominantly dead adj. footpaths (ref. T11, T12 and T13) fell to ground.

    Decided 9 Oct 2025 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 1 Sep 2025

    Received by Tonbridge and Malling

  2. 9 Oct 2025

    Decision issued: No Objection

  3. 8 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.

About tree works applications

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