Laurel Cottage, Long Mill Lane, Platt, Sevenoaks, TN15 8LZ

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

• 25/01529/TNCA Granted

  Laurel Cottage, Long Mill Lane, Platt, Sevenoaks, TN15 8LZ

  Silver birch in back garden- Fell to ground level and remove

  Decided 16 Oct 2025 Trees

1. 16 Sep 2025

   Received by Tonbridge and Malling

2. 16 Oct 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.

• Laurel Cottage Long Mill Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8LZ

  22/00469/TNCA Submitted 1 Mar 2022 50 yards away

  Silver birch - reduction of the canopy by 3.5 metres. Small apple tree - reduction of the canopy by 1 metre

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• Hillview Long Mill Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8LZ

  26/01422/TNCA Submitted 28 Jul 2026 50 yards away

  1 x False Acacia (applicants ref. T1) - Reduce crown by 30%

  Granted 4 docs

• Laurel Cottage, Long Mill Lane, Platt, Sevenoaks, TN15 8LZ

  25/01529/TNCA Submitted 16 Sep 2025 50 yards away

  Silver birch in back garden- Fell to ground level and remove

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• Church Cottage Grange Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8ND

  22/01737/TNCA Submitted 8 Aug 2022 50 yards away

  Removal of a single leylandii tree on the boundary edge of Grange Road. The tree is presenting a risk of structural damage to the adjacent boundary wall and to the highway itself and adjacent electricity cables

  Granted Trees 5 docs
  Small domestic

• 1 Church Villas Long Mill Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8LZ

  21/01000/TNCA Submitted 7 Apr 2021 50 yards away

  Hawthorn in rear garden - cut to ground level

  Granted Trees 6 docs

• 12A Greenlands Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8LL

  19/02998/FL Submitted 23 Dec 2019 50 yards away

  Removal of the existing lean to conservatory and replacement with a similar permanent structure. New pitched roof to rear flat roof dormer window

  Granted Full applications Extension Loft or dormer +1 13 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