Planning application
32, DRY HILL PARK ROAD, TONBRIDGE, TN10 3BU
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 Acacia (applicants ref. T1 - heavily leaning over the road) - Reduce the limb/tree by 4m as specified. 1 x Acacia (applicants ref. T2) - Smaller tree with a hyper extended limb, to be reduced by 3m to reduce the risk of failure.
As published by the council, reference 25/01434/PA
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01434/PA
- Type
- Tree Notification Conservation Area
- Status
- 4-Appeal decided
- Decision
- No Objection
- Received
- 1 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 1 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 1 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Cage Green And Angel
- Parish
- Tonbridge
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN10 3BU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Sep 2025
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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1 Oct 2025
Decision issued: No Objection
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8 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 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 happens at appeal
The process from here
This application is at appeal, which passes the decision from the council to the national planning inspectorate, or in Scotland usually to a local review body first. The appeal considers the scheme afresh against the same policies.
Anyone who commented on the original application is normally notified and can comment again within the appeal deadline. Appeal decisions take months rather than weeks, and the outcome replaces the council's decision.
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.
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