Planning application
Providence Cottage, Upper Green Road, Shipbourne, Tonbridge, TN11 9PL
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
1 x dying Ash tree in rear garden (circled black on applicants plan) - fell and remove stump.
As published by the council, reference 25/01583/TNCA
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01583/TNCA
- Type
- Tree Notification Conservation Area
- Status
- Unknown
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permitted
- Received
- 24 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 24 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 29 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Bourne
- Parish
- Shipbourne
- Postcode
- TN11 9PL
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tonbridge and Malling register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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25/01583/PA Granted
PROVIDENCE COTTAGE, UPPER GREEN ROAD, SHIPBOURNE, TONBRIDGE, TN11 9PL
1 x dying Ash tree in rear garden (circled black on applicants plan) - fell and remove stump.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Sep 2025
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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29 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Permitted
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8 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
- Delegated Report
- Decision Notice
- Sketch plan
- Application Form - Without Personal Data
- Photographs
- Covering letter
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tonbridge and Malling granted permission on 29 October 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. 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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