Springfield Mereworth Road West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JH Data via plota.co.uk

26/01573/TNCA - Tree Notification Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

1 x Oak (applicants ref. tree 1) - Fell. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Aug 2026
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Approved
1 Oct 2026

Approved on 1 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DELEGATED REPORT Decision · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision Decision · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF LOCATION OF TREE Site Location Plan · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF PHOTOS Photo · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

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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West Peckham 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) agrees.
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.
Scheduled monument 91 m away: Preceptory at Dukes Place
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
3 listed buildings within 150 m.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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
ME18 5JH
Received
24 Aug 2026
Validated
24 Aug 2026
Ward
East & West Peckham Mereworth And Wbury
Parish
West Peckham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
5 Oct 2026
Decision
No Objection
Decision date
1 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Simon Cross Tree 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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 2 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15178381
Planning Portal ref
PP-15178381
Statutory expiry
5 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

19 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
Oak trees T1 and T2 (Applicants ref)- Remove - Reasons for Work: There is concern with th…
23/03110/TNCA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
The Brambles Mereworth Road West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JH
Dead Curly willow tree in centre of back lawn-Fell.
24/00727/TNCA
2024 Approved
The Brambles Mereworth Road West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JH
Dead Curly willow tree in centre of back lawn-Fell.
24/00727/TNCA
2024 Approved
THE BRAMBLES, MEREWORTH ROAD, WEST PECKHAM, MAIDSTONE, ME18 5JH
Dead Curly willow tree in centre of back lawn-Fell.
24/00727/PA
2024 Approved
THE BRAMBLES, MEREWORTH ROAD, WEST PECKHAM, MAIDSTONE, ME18 5JH
Dead Curly willow tree in centre of back lawn-Fell.
24/00727/PA
2024 Approved
Meadow House Mereworth Road West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JH
1. Remove Ash Tree with die back at the front of the property 2. Remove small Silver Birc…
24/00074/TNCA
2024 Approved
Meadow House Mereworth Road West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JH
1. Remove Ash Tree with die back at the front of the property 2. Remove small Silver Birc…
24/00074/TNCA
2024 Approved
MEADOW HOUSE, MEREWORTH ROAD, WEST PECKHAM, MAIDSTONE, ME18 5JH
1. Remove Ash Tree with die back at the front of the property 2. Remove small Silver Birc…
24/00074/PA
2024 Approved
MEADOW HOUSE, MEREWORTH ROAD, WEST PECKHAM, MAIDSTONE, ME18 5JH
1. Remove Ash Tree with die back at the front of the property 2. Remove small Silver Birc…
24/00074/PA
2023 Approved
SPRINGFIELD, Mereworth Road, West Peckham, MAIDSTONE, ME18 5JH
Oak trees T1 and T2 (Applicants ref)- Remove - Reasons for Work: There is concern with th…
23/03110
2022 Approved
1 Dukes Place Farm Cottages Mereworth Road West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JH
Two storey side extension and porch
22/00918/FL
2021 Approved
Meadow House Mereworth Road West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JH
Demolition of the existing double garage and the construction of a part single part two-s…
21/02237/FL
2019 Approved
The Old Vicarage Mereworth Road West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JH
To reduce 2 Yew trees by approx 50%
19/01726/TNCA
2019 Approved
The Old Vicarage Mereworth Road West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JH
To reduce 2 Yew trees by approx 50%
19/01726/TNCA
2018 Approved
The Brambles Mereworth Road West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JH
Fell one Portuguese Laurel due to low amenity value and crowding of other trees
18/00551/TNCA
2018 Approved
The Brambles Mereworth Road West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JH
Fell one Portuguese Laurel due to low amenity value and crowding of other trees
18/00551/TNCA
2017 Approved
Conservation Area West Peckham The Brambles Mereworth Road West Peckham
T1 Strawberry tree to fell and T2 Laurel bush to reduce by 30%
17/01974/TNCA
2017 Approved
The Coach House Mereworth Road West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JH
T1 Beech to reduce by 20% to keep at a suitable height and shape
17/01224/TNCA
2017 Approved
Meadow House Mereworth Road West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JH
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17/00263/TNCA
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

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