Chapel Farm Ightham Bypass Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9AF Data via plota.co.uk

26/01319/TPOC - Tree Preservation Order Consent Registered

Proposal

29 x Hybrid Poplar trees along driveway. (G1 applicant reference) Reduce height by 15m. The trees have excessive wind loading due to height causing tear outs in Crown. Trees standing in W1 of TPO Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 02:56

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Application progress

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Received

14 Jul 2026

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Validated

20 Jul 2026

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Consultation

21 Jul 2026

Decision

Expected by 14 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 81.

The consultation period closed on 13 Aug 2026.

Documents 2

Plans & drawings 1

PDF TREE LOCATION PLAN Site Location Plan · 14 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 14 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

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.

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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.

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

Radon affected area, class 4; Conservation area 76 m away: Ightham; 2 listed buildings within 150 m; Inside the Ightham built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £750,000 in September 2025. Other property, freehold.

19 September 2025£750,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council: Tonbridge
Application type: Tree Preservation Order Consent
Postcode: TN15 9AF
Received: 14 Jul 2026
Validated: 20 Jul 2026
Ward: Pilgrims With Ightham
Parish: Ightham
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 14 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: All Angles Tree Care Limited
Freehold owner: Show

Decision outlook

Day 81, past the statutory target. 90% of tree and landscaping works in Tonbridge are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 19 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 8125 days past the 56-day target

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

4comments received

4 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

12 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15079566
Planning Portal ref: PP-15079566
Neighbours: 21 Jul 2026
Consultation: 21 Jul 2026
Comments by: 13 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry: 14 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2016 Approved

Land Adjacent To Chapel Farm Ightham Bypass Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9AF

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Tonbridge

Planning Authority Score

4/10

Below average

#193 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder 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