PLAYING FIELDS TONBRIDGE SCHOOL, HIGH STREET, TONBRIDGE, TN9 1JP

This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.

• 25/01964/TNCA Granted

  Playing Fields Tonbridge School, High Street, Tonbridge, TN9 1JP

  T1 Lime (Tilia X Europea) - Reduce to 10m - Several Ganoderma brackets observed on the stem - Visible cavities in the stem - Reduction aims to reduce sail and leverage on potentially compromised stem.

  Decided 18 Dec 2025 Trees
• 25/01562/TNCA Granted

  Playing Fields Tonbridge School, High Street, Tonbridge, TN9 1JP

  1 x Scots Pine (applicants ref. T1819 - with fungal bracket at base) - Fell.

  Decided 22 Sep 2025 Trees
• 25/01562/PA Decided

  PLAYING FIELDS TONBRIDGE SCHOOL, HIGH STREET, TONBRIDGE, TN9 1JP

  1 x Scots Pine (applicants ref. T1819 - with fungal bracket at base) - Fell.

  Decided 22 Sep 2025 Trees

1. 24 Nov 2025

   Received by Tonbridge and Malling

2. 18 Dec 2025

   Decision issued: No Objection

3. 8 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

This application is at appeal, which passes the decision from Tonbridge and Malling to the planning inspectorate, and the outcome will replace the council's decision. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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.

• 43 Lansdowne Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JD

  21/01705/TNCA Submitted 16 Jun 2021 20m away

  Holly T1 to fell to ground level and grind out to 200mm below ground level

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• Lansdowne House 39 Lansdowne Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JD

  22/01950/TNCA Submitted 6 Sep 2022 24m away

  Dismantle the declining Apple T1 located at the left hand boundary. T2 Magnolia- Reduce height and lateral growth by up to 2m to balance and shape. T4 Holly- Reduce height and lateral growth by up to 2m to balance and shape

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• 35, Lansdowne Road Tonbridge TN9 1JD

  20/01489/TNCA Submitted 15 Jul 2020 26m away

  T1 Laburnum to reduce back lateral growth house side by approx 1m and the remainder to shape, reduce height by approx 1m. T2 Crab Apple tree to prune, reducing roadside growth by up to 2m and house side to match, reduce height up to 1m where necessary to shape. T3 Cherry tree to reduce lateral growth by approx 2m and height by up to 1m to shape. T4 Holly tree to reduce height by approx 2m and lateral by up to 2m to shape, thin out internal growth to open up the crown. T5 Purple Plum tree to reduce height by approx 3m and lateral growth by up to 2m to clear the house and to shape, thin out weak epicormic growth to open up the crown

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• 47 Lansdowne Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JD

  21/01026/TNCA Submitted 8 Apr 2021 51m away

  Holly T1 to remove

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• 51 Lansdowne Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JD

  20/02364/FL Submitted 21 Oct 2020 69m away

  Single storey extension for kitchen and utility

  Granted Full applications Extension 8 docs
  Small domestic

• Oak Cottage 2A Havelock Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JF

  20/02923/FL Submitted 21 Dec 2020 99m away

  Single storey side and rear extension

  Granted Full applications Extension 9 docs
  Small domestic

• 26/00374/TPOC Granted

  Land Between Falkland Place And Walsham Road Walderslade Chatham Kent

  1 x Beech (applicants ref. T1) - Reduce the spread over the garden of 3 Falkland Place and height as indicated in annotated photo attached to agents email dated 18th August 2026 (approx. 20% reduction). Standing in Woodland W6 of Tree Preservation Order.

  3 Mar 2026 Trees
• 25/01594/TPOC Granted

  Greenwich House 3 Richard Corben Way Aylesford Kent ME20 7WP

  1 x Oak (applicant ref. T1 circled red on sketch plan) standing 10m. tall with lateral spread of 8m. Overall canopy reduction of approx. 30%, to 7m. x 5.5m. respectively with deadwood removed as found. T11 of Tree Preservation Order. 1 x Oak (applicant ref. T2 circled blue on sketch plan) standing 19m. tall with lateral spread of 14m. Overall canopy reduction of approx. 30%, to 13m. x 7.5m. with deadwood removed as found. T14 of Tree Preservation Order.

  26 Sep 2025 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.

  25 Jun 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.

  29 Apr 2026 Trees
• 25/01178/TPOC Granted

  Pembroke Lodge 162 Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HP

  Tree work (including root pruning) necessary to enable the installation of a concealed area for bins which will be accessible via a path in accordance with the methodology specified in the information received on the 17th July 2025 and 15th August 2025 as amended by the information in the email dated 9th July 2026. T5 of Tree Preservation Order.

  14 Jul 2025 Trees