Planning application
Ragstone Cottage, Comp Lane, Offham, West Malling, ME19 5NW
Works: Trees
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
1 x fallen Apple tree (shown in applicants photos) - Remove.
As published by the council, reference 25/01571/PA
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01571/PA
- Type
- Tree Notification Conservation Area
- Status
- Tree Works Exempt
- Decision
- Tree Works Exempt
- Received
- 23 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 23 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 23 Sep 2025
- Ward
- East Malling West Malling And Offham
- Parish
- Offham
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- ME19 5NW
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Sep 2025
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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23 Sep 2025
Decision issued: Tree Works Exempt
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8 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 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 documentsAfter the decision
The process from here
The council has decided this application; the published outcome sits in the record above and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail, including any conditions.
If permission was granted, work must normally begin within three years of the decision. If it was refused, the applicant can appeal within the statutory time limit or submit a revised scheme.
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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