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PLAYING FIELDS TONBRIDGE SCHOOL, HIGH STREET, TONBRIDGE, TN9 1JP

Decided Tonbridge and Malling 25/01562/PA Tree Notification Conservation Area

Works: Trees

Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.

Proposal

1 x Scots Pine (applicants ref. T1819 - with fungal bracket at base) - Fell.

As published by the council, reference 25/01562/PA

Application record

Reference
25/01562/PA
Type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Status
Tree Works Exempt
Decision
Tree Works Exempt
Received
16 Sep 2025
Validated
16 Sep 2025
Decided
22 Sep 2025
Ward
Judd
Parish
Tonbridge
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
TN9 1JP

Site history

Applications at this address on the Tonbridge and Malling register

This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • 25/01964/PA Granted

    PLAYING FIELDS TONBRIDGE SCHOOL, HIGH STREET, TONBRIDGE, TN9 1JP

    T1 Lime (Tilia X Europea) - Reduce to 10m - Several Ganoderma brackets observed on the stem - Visible cavities in the stem - Reduction aims to reduce sail and leverage on potentially compromised stem.

    Decided 18 Dec 2025 Trees
  • 25/01964/TNCA Granted

    Playing Fields Tonbridge School, High Street, Tonbridge, TN9 1JP

    T1 Lime (Tilia X Europea) - Reduce to 10m - Several Ganoderma brackets observed on the stem - Visible cavities in the stem - Reduction aims to reduce sail and leverage on potentially compromised stem.

    Decided 18 Dec 2025 Trees
  • 25/01562/TNCA Granted

    Playing Fields Tonbridge School, High Street, Tonbridge, TN9 1JP

    1 x Scots Pine (applicants ref. T1819 - with fungal bracket at base) - Fell.

    Decided 22 Sep 2025 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 Sep 2025

    Received by Tonbridge and Malling

  2. 22 Sep 2025

    Decision issued: Tree Works Exempt

  3. 8 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

4 documents on file for this application

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After the decision

Tonbridge and Malling has decided this application; the outcome above is the register's own wording and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About tree works applications

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.

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