Planning application
Bank House 74 Ryarsh Road Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JR
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
1 x Silver Birch (applicants ref. T1) - Reduce height to 9m and radial spread to 3m. 1 x Pine (applicants ref. T2) - Reduce the overly extended lateral on the eastern side of the canopy by 2 meters to the existing canopy profile. 1 x Ash, 7 x dead Elms and 2 x live Elms (applicants ref. T3 and G1) - Fell. Mixed species hedge (applicants ref. H1) - Fell. Lilac hedge (applicants ref. H2) - Reduce height to 3m from ground level.
As published by the council, reference 26/01615/TNCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01615/TNCA
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 1 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 1 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Birling Leybourne And Ryarsh
- Parish
- Birling
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- ME19 5JR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Sep 2026
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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1 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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3 Sep 2026
Status changed to Awaiting decision
Previously Registered.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 27 October 2026, 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 62 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
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