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

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

• 25/01964/PA 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: Permitted

3. 8 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Tonbridge and Malling granted permission on 18 December 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.

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.

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

  25/01562/TNCA Submitted 16 Sep 2025 50 yards away

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

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• Tonbridge School High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JP

  20/00327/TNCA Submitted 11 Feb 2020 50 yards away

  Sycamore (T1) to crown lift roadside to approx 25 foot and remove the single stem on the building side to balance the lower crown and to allow for avenue of Cherry trees to be planted. T2 Foxglove to be felled, as it is dead

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• Playing Fields Tonbridge School High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JP

  26/01266/TNCA Submitted 6 Jul 2026 50 yards away

  3 x Ash (applicant refs T1, T2 and T3 - T1 and T2 standing adjacent to boundary between Smythe House 45 and Welldon House 47/49 London Road and T3 standing adjacent to path that runs along the north side of the playing fields in locations marked on annotated aerial image) - Crown reductions to secondary fork unions approximately 4 metres from branch tips as specified.

  Granted 4 docs

• Tonbridge School High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JP

  26/01783/TNCA Submitted 24 Sep 2026 50 yards away

  95% historically approved · decision due ~25 Nov

  1x Prunus Cerasifera - Possible disturbance to outer root system past tree drip line, no roots larger than 30mm to be cut

  Awaiting decision Trees

• 23 London Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AB

  21/00884/FL Submitted 25 Mar 2021 50 yards away

  Single storey flat roof building in rear garden.

  Granted Full applications 11 docs
  Small domestic

• 25 London Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AB

  20/00414/TNCA Submitted 20 Feb 2020 50 yards away

  T1 Purple Plum- cut back by 20% over garden including a few low limbs being removed and T2 Purple Plum- 30% crown reduction

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• 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