23 Royal Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RD Data via plota.co.uk

26/01010/TPO - Tree Preservation Order Awaiting decision

Proposal

Application for T1- broad-leaved lime (tilia platyphyllos) shown in red on the map - (currently around 20metres tall with a lateral spread of 18 metres) and after reduction, deadwood removal and internal thin through (20%) the tree would stand 17metres with a lateral spread of 15metres; T2- Red oak (Quercus rubra) shown in blue in map - (currently around 20 metres tall with lateral spread of 19metres) and after reduction, deadwood removal the tree would stand 17metres with a lateral spread of 16metres subject to Tree Preservation Order No.4 1994 Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Aug 2026
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Validated
2 Sept 2026
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Consultation
4 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 28 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 12 Oct 2026, from Dartford's recent tree and landscaping works. The consultation period closed on 29 Sept 2026.

Site constraints 3

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 4. 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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Tree preservation order 7 m away: TE13 - Borough of Dartford T.P.O. No.4 1994.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 11 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £159,950 in January 1997. Detached house, freehold.

23 January 1997£159,950New build

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

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Important details

Council
Dartford
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Postcode
DA2 7RD
Received
27 Aug 2026
Validated
2 Sept 2026
Ward
Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone & Hawley
Parish
Sutton-at-Hone And Hawley
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show

Decision outlook

Day 32 of the 56-day target. Dartford usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 40.

Day 3224 days to the 56-day target
96%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
62decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Dartford in the last twelve months, from validation. Dartford decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

5 neighbours consulted · Last counted 2 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15190024
Neighbours
4 Sept 2026
Consultation
4 Sept 2026
Comments by
29 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
28 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Dartford
Planning Authority Score
5/10
Average
#146 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Dartford is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #92 out of 296. Dartford is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 80% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 80% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Dartford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
79%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #264 of 296
80%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #278 of 296
73%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #92 of 296
33%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #74 of 296
61%
Minor dwellings approved
46 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
2 decided (10+ homes)
68%
Change of use approved
25 decided
595
Total decisions
126 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use