Penshurst C Of E Primary School High Street Penshurst Kent TN11 8BX Data via plota.co.uk
26/01489/WTCA - Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
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Proposal
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Received
11 Jun 2026
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Approved
3 Jul 2026
Approved on 3 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026
Documents 2
Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 9
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.
High Weald 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.
Penshurst 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.
Public footpath about 11 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Star House Including Boutique, Grade II*, about 59 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 2 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.
Show all 3 with distances
- 59 mStar House Including BoutiqueGrade II*
- 100 mThe Old Smithy (a.k.a. Forge Stores) and Forge Garage CottageGrade II
- 111 mThe BirchesGrade II
Also on the record
Registered park or garden about 229 m away: Penshurst Place; Priority habitat about 48 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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
- Sevenoaks
- Application type
- Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
- Postcode
- TN11 8BX
- Received
- 11 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 11 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Penshurst, Fordcombe & Chiddingstone
- Parish
- Penshurst
- Target decision
- 23 Jul 2026
- Decision
- No Objection Lodged
- Decision date
- 3 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- TreeAbility
How this decision compares
Decided in 22 days from validation, 6 days slower than Sevenoaks's median of 16 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.
This one22d
Council16d
UK36d
99%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
438decided in the last year
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Sevenoaks in the last twelve months, from validation. Sevenoaks decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15003745
- Statutory expiry
- 23 Jul 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
29 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
This property
Previous applications at this address
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2025
6 Latymers Penshurst Kent TN11 8DE
Thuja - (T1) - Fell
2025
6 Latymers Penshurst Kent TN11 8DE
Thuja - (T1) - Fell
2025
Approved
6 Latymers Penshurst Kent TN11 8DE
Thuja - (Ta) - Reduce in height by 5 metres, reduce lateral branches by 1-1.5 metres. Oak…
2025
Approved
6 Latymers Penshurst Kent TN11 8DE
Thuja - (Ta) - Reduce in height by 5 metres, reduce lateral branches by 1-1.5 metres. Oak…
2025
6 Latymers Penshurst Kent TN11 8DE
Thuja - (Ta) - Reduce in height by 5 metres, reduce lateral branches by 1-1.5 metres. Oak…
2025
6 Latymers Penshurst Kent TN11 8DE
Thuja - (Ta) - Reduce in height by 5 metres, reduce lateral branches by 1-1.5 metres. Oak…
2024
Approved
Garden Cottage Fordcombe Road Penshurst Kent TN11 8DL
Various works to trees
2024
Approved
Garden Cottage Fordcombe Road Penshurst Kent TN11 8DL
Various works to trees
2023
Approved
Oak House High Street Penshurst Kent TN11 8BP
Works to Horse Chestnut tree.
2023
Decided
5 Latymers Penshurst Tonbridge Kent TN11 8DE
Two Oak trees - Reduce by 3 to 4 metres (approx 30%)
2023
Approved
Kimberley Cottage Fordcombe Road Penshurst Tonbridge Kent TN11 8DL
Proposed 1.5 x 2m rear porch extension and other minor internal alterations.
2023
Approved
Birches Fordcombe Road Penshurst Tonbridge Kent TN11 8DL
Various works to trees.
2022
Approved
Star House Fordcombe Road Penshurst Tonbridge Kent TN11 8DL
Yew tree- cut to ground levelHawthorn tree - cut to ground levelYew tree - reduce by 30%
2022
Approved
Star House Fordcombe Road Penshurst Tonbridge Kent TN11 8DL
Removal of yew tree.
2021
Approved
Forge Stores And Post Office High Street Penshurst Tonbridge Kent TN11 8BU
Proposed construction of a car parking area for Forge Stores.
2021
Approved
Courtyard House High Street Penshurst Kent TN11 8BP
Greenhouse extension.
2021
Approved
Oak House High Street Penshurst Tonbridge Kent TN11 8BP
T1 - Quercus robur - the existing crown to be reduced to previous pruning points and all…
2021
Approved
Oak House High Street Penshurst Tonbridge Kent TN11 8BP
T1 - Quercus robur - the existing crown to be reduced to previous pruning points and all…
2021
Approved
5 Latymers Penshurst KENT TN11 8DE
The erection of a single storey timber framed outbuilding.
2021
Approved
Courtyard House High Street Penshurst Kent TN11 8BP
Proposed Porch & Orangery Extension, & New Window Opening.
2018
Approved
Garden Cottage Fordcombe Road Penshurst KENT TN11 8DL
Demolition of existing porch. Erection of new porch to front elevation. Applying a painte…
2018
Approved
Garden Cottage Fordcombe Road Penshurst KENT TN11 8DL
Demolition of existing porch. Erection of new porch to front elevation. Applying a painte…
2017
Approved
Oak House High Street Penshurst Kent TN11 8BP
Works to mature Oak tree adjacent to roadside: Fell tree by sectionally dismantling using…
2016
Approved
Oak House High Street Penshurst Kent TN11 8BP
Various works to trees.
2016
Approved
6 Latymers Penshurst Tonbridge Kent TN11 8DE
Reduce the canopy to 1 Oak tree by 25%.
Sevenoaks
Planning Authority Score
5.6/10
Average
#115 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions
Sevenoaks ranks #109 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) than the national average (90%).
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application.
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Sevenoaks decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #177 of 296
90%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #194 of 296
72%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #109 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #93 of 296
85%
Minor dwellings approved
213 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
71%
Change of use approved
14 decided
1,130
Total decisions
143 refused in the year to March 2026
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