ORCHARD MAINS, COLDHARBOUR LANE, HILDENBOROUGH, TONBRIDGE, TN11 9JX

1. 18 Nov 2025

   Received by Tonbridge and Malling

2. 22 Dec 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 22 Jan 2026

   Decision issued: No Objection

4. 8 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

This application is at appeal, which passes the decision from the council to the national planning inspectorate, or in Scotland usually to a local review body first. The appeal considers the scheme afresh against the same policies.

Anyone who commented on the original application is normally notified and can comment again within the appeal deadline. Appeal decisions take months rather than weeks, and the outcome replaces the council's decision.

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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