Land North East Of The Bricklayers Arms Chevening Road Chipstead Kent Data via plota.co.uk

26/02438/WTCA - Works to Trees in a Conservation Area Awaiting decision

Proposal

T.1 - T.2 Two black poplar trees. - Re pollard both trees back to the pollard points and remove all basal / stem epicormic growth. Reduce two branches (On T.2) by approx 1.5m harder than the previous pollard points to form new pollard points, due to weak attachment points. Data via plota.co.uk

Track application Save this application and get an email when its status or decision changes. Alerts nearby Get email alerts for new planning applications near this address.

View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 04:37

Street View

Application progress

✓

Received

14 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 26 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 5 Oct 2026; it is now day 21.

Documents 4

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF APPLICATION - CONSULTEES STATUS Consultations - Request · 15 Sept 2026 View ↗

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.

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea

Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

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.

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.

Public footpath 20 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.

3 listed buildings within 150 m

Nearest: East Side of Bridge Over River Darenth, Grade II, 49 m away · 3 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

49 mEast Side of Bridge Over River DarenthGrade II
102 m15-21, Chevening RoadGrade II
131 mScreen Wall to North of No 3 and Around Corner Along South East Side of Approach to Mill HouseGrade II

Historic England ↗

Not affected

No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 25 September 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.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Sevenoaks - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Nearby new applications

21 Sept 2026Pending

Lime Tree Cottage Packhorse Road Bessels Green Kent TN13 2QP

Details pursuant to condition 4 (Archaeological Watching Brief) of 24/03329/HOUS...

26/02522/DETAIL

10 Aug 2026Pending

Birchcroft 6 Chipstead Park Close Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2SJ

Erection of a brick wall/ fence around property boundary

26/02118/HOUSE

16 Sept 2026Pending

West Lodge 60 High Street Chipstead Kent TN13 2RR

Ornamental Acer tree - remove

26/02463/WTCA

10 Sept 2026Pending

Tinkers Spinney 8 The Old Garden Chipstead Kent TN13 2RJ

Various works to trees.

26/02416/WTPO

12 Aug 2026Pending

Home Farm House 33 High Street Chipstead Kent TN13 2RW

Various internal alterations at ground, first and second floor. Alterations to f...

26/02154/LBCALT

17 Jun 2026Approved

47 High Street Chipstead Kent TN13 2RW

Replacement of the existing driveway hardstanding with authentic reclaimed red c...

26/01563/LDCPR

Important details

Council: Sevenoaks
Application type: Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Received: 14 Sept 2026
Validated: 14 Sept 2026
Ward: Brasted, Chevening And Sundridge
Parish: Chevening
Target decision: 26 Oct 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: DRM Trees Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 21, past Sevenoaks's usual 15 days for tree and landscaping works. 99% are decided within thirteen weeks, so most likely by 14 Dec 2026.

predicted

Day 2135 days to the 56-day target

99%decided within 8 weeks

98%approved

399decided 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-15222110
Statutory expiry: 26 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

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. View full council performance

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