16, OAKS DENE, WALDERSLADE, CHATHAM, ME5 9HN

1. 29 Sep 2025

   Received by Tonbridge and Malling

2. 17 Oct 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 8 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 12 December 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Tonbridge and Malling took a median of 64 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with Tonbridge and Malling for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Tonbridge and Malling decided tree works applications in a median of 60 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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.

• 17 Oaks Dene Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9HN

  19/01754/TPOC Submitted 25 Jul 2019 50 yards away

  Oak - removal of tree causing damage to rear of property

  Granted Trees 8 docs

• 14 Oaks Dene Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9HN

  20/02037/TPOC Submitted 17 Sep 2020 50 yards away

  H1 Hornbeam - fell, H2, H3 and H4 Hornbeams - raise and reduce canopy by 40%

  Granted Trees 6 docs

• 19 Oaks Dene Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9HN

  20/02638/TPOC Submitted 23 Nov 2020 50 yards away

  Oak tree T3 to remove

  Granted Trees 15 docs

• 13 Oaks Dene Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9HN

  20/02462/TPOC Submitted 3 Nov 2020 50 yards away

  3 Oak trees to reduce crowns by approx 30% and 2 Hornbeams to raise and reduce the canopy by 40%

  Granted Trees 14 docs

• 6 Oaks Dene Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9HN

  21/00331/TPOC Submitted 8 Feb 2021 50 yards away

  Sorbus - Crown reduce by 20%, thin by 10%, and raise canopy by 10%

  Granted Trees 10 docs

• 12, Oaks Dene, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 9HN

  19/01494/TPOC Submitted 25 Jun 2019 50 yards away

  T1 Larger Oak - Reduce crown by approx 30% to create a smaller shape without causing significant wounding to the crown, (this translates as approx 2.5-3.5m where appropriate), All branches will be cut to suitable growth points and remove epicormic growth to crown break and remove significant dead wood, T2 Smaller Oak (inside garden boundary fence) - Dismantle/fell to near ground level, T3 Beech (outside fence but inside customer's boundary) - Dismantle/fell to near ground level and Oak in rear garden of No.13 - Reduce back from No.12 to give 2.5m clearance. This is prudent maintenance work to prevent damage to the property

  Granted Trees 7 docs
  Small domestic

• 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