15 Roman Close Chatham Kent ME5 9DJ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
1 x Oak (marked by green arrow on aerial image submitted by applicant and shown in applicants photos) - Crown lift to the height of the union indicated on the annotated photograph attached to the applicants email dated 25th January 2026 (Currently there are 90cm from ground level to the first branch of the tree. The proposed lifting treatment will raise the crown by an additional 1m). T1 of Tree Preservation Order. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 27 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Documents 12
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 1
Other documents 7
Site constraints 5
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £530,000 in April 2025. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2024, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Tonbridge
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order Consent
- Postcode
- ME5 9DJ
- Received
- 29 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 26 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Aylesford North And North Downs
- Parish
- Aylesford
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 23 Mar 2026
- Decision
- Approved
- Decision date
- 27 Mar 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 60 days from validation, 19 days slower than Tonbridge's median of 41 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Tonbridge in the last twelve months, from validation. Tonbridge decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14587647
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14587647
- Neighbours
- 9 Feb 2026
- Consultation
- 9 Feb 2026
- Comments by
- 4 Mar 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 23 Mar 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Tonbridge is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #244 out of 296. 54% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (97%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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