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26/00789/TNCA - Tree Notification Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1- Poplar - Fell due to storm damage. T2 and T3 - Poplars - Fell, leaning due to root heave. T4- Oak - Raise canopy to 5m over road T5- Willow - Fell due to storm damage. T6, T7, T8, T9 - Willows - pollard to 3m below previous pollarding Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Apr 2026
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Approved
4 Jun 2026

Approved on 4 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT Decision · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF PLAN Drawing · 27 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PLAN Site Location Plan · 27 Apr 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 27 Apr 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

6 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Butcher's Cottage, Grade II, about 18 m from the postcode pin · 6 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Kent Downs National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Shipbourne conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Open access land about 34 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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 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.

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Important details

Council
Tonbridge
Application type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Postcode
TN11 9RT
Received
27 Apr 2026
Validated
27 Apr 2026
Ward
Bourne
Parish
Plaxtol
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 Jun 2026
Decision
No Objection
Decision date
4 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Peter Clark Tree and Garden Services

How this decision compares

Decided in 38 days from validation, about the council's usual 41 days. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

74%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
245decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Tonbridge in the last twelve months, from validation. Tonbridge decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
8 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
St Giles Church, Stumble Hill, Shipbourne, , TN11 9PE
1 x Large mature Yew (T1 applicant reference) - Remove split branches back to source, thi…
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2025 Approved
St Giles Church, Stumble Hill, Shipbourne, , TN11 9PE
1 x Large mature Yew (T1 applicant reference) - Remove split branches back to source, thi…
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2025 Approved
St Giles Church, Stumble Hill, Shipbourne, , TN11 9PE
1 x Yew Tree (Taxus Baccata) (applicants ref. Y1) - Fell tree and grind out stump. The PC…
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2025 Approved
St Giles Church, Stumble Hill, Shipbourne, , TN11 9PE
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2025 Approved
St Giles Church, Stumble Hill, Shipbourne, Tonbridge, TN11 9PE
1 x Yew Tree (Taxus Baccata) (applicants ref. Y1) - Fell tree and grind out stump. The PC…
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2025 Approved
St Giles Church, Stumble Hill, Shipbourne, Tonbridge, TN11 9PE
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2025 Approved
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2025 Approved
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X1 large weeping willow. Rear right corner of garden. Reduce back to previous reduction p…
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2025 Approved
2 Bateys Cottages, Stumble Hill, Shipbourne, Tonbridge, TN11 9PE
X1 large weeping willow. Rear right corner of garden. Reduce back to previous reduction p…
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2025 Approved
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X1 large weeping willow. Rear right corner of garden. Reduce back to previous reduction p…
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
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Removal of existing conservatory and single storey side/rear extension, two storey part f…
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2023 Approved
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Details of condition 4 (Details of roof tiles and schedule of repair works) Pursuant to P…
23/00780/LRD
2023 Approved
The Chaser Stumble Hill Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PE
T1/T2 Large weeping Willow and Apple at either end of outdoor seating area of The Chaser…
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2022 Approved
Shipbourne House Stumble Hill Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PE
Renew front right hand gate to match existing. Remove existing front bolted on section of…
22/00852/FL
2022 Approved
Shipbourne House Stumble Hill Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PE
Listed Building Application: Renew front right hand gate to match existing. Remove existi…
22/00853/LB
2021 Refused
The Chaser Stumble Hill Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PE
Erection of single storey aluminium framed marquee with paved surround and external light…
21/01933/FL
2021 Approved
Shipbourne House Stumble Hill Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PE
Works to dismantle and fell a Hawthorn and Rowan tree
21/01770/TNCA
2020 Approved
BUTCHERS COTTAGE, Stumble Hill, Shipbourne, TONBRIDGE, TN11 9PE
4 no Prunus trees G1 to crown reduce to reduce height and width whilst still maintaining…
20/02371/TNCA
2016 Approved
Mallow House Stumble Hill Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PE
Remove large Conifer from side boundary of property.
16/03781/TNCA
2016 Approved
Shipbourne House Stumble Hill Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PE
Listed Building Application: Erection of 2 No. single storey rear extension to the north…
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2016 Approved
Shipbourne House Stumble Hill Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PE
Erection of 2 No. single storey rear extension to the north and south of kitchen
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2016 Refused
Church House Stumble Hill Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PE
Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of new two-storey dwelling with attached…
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2016 Approved
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Tonbridge
Planning Authority Score
4/10
Below average
#193 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

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%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
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Tonbridge decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #31 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #45 of 296
49%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #244 of 296
54%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #246 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
96 decided (1-9 homes)
82%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
9 decided
880
Total decisions
47 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings