F M Conway Ltd Former MOD Depot Shacklands Road Shoreham Kent TN14 7BD Data via plota.co.uk

26/01855/WTPO - Works to Trees covered by a TPO Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Various works to trees. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Jul 2026
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Approved
4 Sept 2026

Approved on 4 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Sept 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF GRANT - WTPO Decision · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF TREE SAFETY SURVEY REPORT Application Details · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF TREE WORK DESCRIPTIONS Application Details · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

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.
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 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 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Priority habitat 24 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument 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.

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Important details

Council
Sevenoaks
Application type
Works to Trees covered by a TPO
Postcode
TN14 7BD
Received
13 Jul 2026
Validated
13 Jul 2026
Ward
Halstead, Knockholt & Badgers Mount
Parish
Badgers Mount
Target decision
7 Sept 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
4 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Tree Craft Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 53 days from validation, 38 days slower than Sevenoaks's median of 15 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

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-15079272
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

13 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Various works to trees.
25/03512/WTPO
2025 Approved
Various works to trees.
25/03512/WTPO
2025
Various works to trees
25/00858/W5DAY
2025
Various works to trees
25/00858/W5DAY
2024 Approved
Various works to trees.
24/02762/WTPO
2024 Approved
Various works to trees.
24/02762/WTPO
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Richburn House Shacklands Road Shoreham Kent TN14 7BD
Single storey extension
24/00842/LDCPR
2024 Approved
Richburn House Shacklands Road Shoreham Kent TN14 7BD
Single storey extension
24/00842/LDCPR
2019 Approved
Shawcroft Shacklands Road Shoreham KENT TN14 7BD
Various works to trees (TPO)
19/01274/WTPO
2019 Approved
Shawcroft Shacklands Road Shoreham KENT TN14 7BD
Various works to trees (TPO)
19/01274/WTPO
2017 Approved
Shawcroft Shacklands Road Shoreham KENT TN14 7BD
Works to various trees.
17/03464/WTPO
2017 Approved
Shawcroft Shacklands Road Shoreham KENT TN14 7BD
Various works to trees.
17/01149/WTPO
2016 Approved
F M Conway Ltd M O D Shacklands Road Shoreham KENT TN14 7BD
Prune trees alongside Highlands Road and Charles Road in Badgers Mount (TN14 7BB), to mai…
16/02350/W5DAY
Sevenoaks
Planning Authority Score
5.6/10
Average
#115 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings