Planning application
The Vicarage, Church Street, Tonbridge, TN9 1HD
Works: Trees Domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Non-Material Amendment to planning permission TM/23/00796/FL (Erection of one dwelling with incidental ground works and access) Alteration to position of fence between the two properties to allow 2 x trees and the summerhouse to remain in the use of the existing Vicarage
As published by the council, reference 25/01605/NMA
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01605/NMA
- Type
- Non Material Amendment
- Status
- Rejected
- Decision
- Refuse
- Received
- 29 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 29 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 5 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Cage Green And Angel
- Parish
- Tonbridge
- Postcode
- TN9 1HD
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Sep 2025
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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5 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Refuse
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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
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The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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