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26/01953/TNCA - Tree Notification Conservation Area Awaiting decision

Proposal

1 x Poplar (standing on bend at entrance to The Friars) and 1 x Horse Chestnut (stranding on circular grass verge at entrance to The Friars) - Lift to 6M above ground level Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 03:03

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Application progress

✓

Received

13 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 24 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 22 Nov 2026 and 2 Dec 2026, from Tonbridge's recent tree and landscaping works.

Documents 1

Site constraints 4

Aylesford 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 9 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. 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.

Also on the record

1 listed building within 150 m.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 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
Received: 13 Oct 2026
Validated: 13 Oct 2026
Ward: Aylesford North And North Downs
Parish: Aylesford
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 24 Nov 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 17 of the 56-day target. Tonbridge usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 42.

prediction

Day 1739 days to the 56-day target

68%decided within 8 weeks

98%approved

385decided 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 24 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 24 Nov 2026
Env. assessment: No

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

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

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