Planning application
23, Ditton Place, Ditton, Aylesford, ME20 6SX
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
1 x Horse Chestnut (In front garden circled black on the location plan) - Reduce back to most recent previous reduction points and lift to 6m above ground level removing lower trunk growth and ensuring that no branch of greater than 100mm diameter is removed, remove any deadwood. T5 of Tree Preservation Order.
As published by the council, reference 25/01447/TPOC
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01447/TPOC
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order Consent
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 3 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 22 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 19 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Aylesford South And Ditton
- Parish
- Ditton
- Postcode
- ME20 6SX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Sep 2025
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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22 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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19 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Approved
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8 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 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
Within 500 metres
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23, DITTON PLACE, DITTON, AYLESFORD, ME20 6SX
1 x Horse Chestnut (In front garden circled black on the location plan) - Reduce back to most recent previous reduction points and lift to 6m above ground level removing lower trunk growth and ensuring that no branch of greater than 100mm diameter is removed, remove any deadwood. T5 of Tree Preservation Order.
Granted Trees 6 docs -
629, London Road, Ditton, Aylesford, ME20 6DJ
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25/01594/TPOC Granted
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26/01206/TPOC Granted
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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.
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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.
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25/01178/TPOC Granted
Pembroke Lodge 162 Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HP
Tree work (including root pruning) necessary to enable the installation of a concealed area for bins which will be accessible via a path in accordance with the methodology specified in the information received on the 17th July 2025 and 15th August 2025 as amended by the information in the email dated 9th July 2026. T5 of Tree Preservation Order.