Ivy Cottage The Street Horton Kirby Kent DA4 9BY Data via plota.co.uk

26/01676/WTCA - Works to Trees in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Removal of mature yew and mature purple leaf cherry plum. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Jun 2026
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Approved
7 Jul 2026

Approved on 7 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Jul 2026

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF NO OBJECTION - WTCA Decision · 7 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 30 Jun 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF APPLICATION - CONSULTEES STATUS Consultations - Request · 30 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 4

IMG PHOTOGRAPH OF TREE 1 Application Details · 30 Jun 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTOGRAPH OF TREE 2 Application Details · 30 Jun 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTOGRAPH OF TREE 3 Application Details · 30 Jun 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTOGRAPH OF TREE 4 Application Details · 30 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Horton Kirby 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.
Council document ↗
5 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Ash Tree House, Grade II, about 39 m from the postcode pin · 5 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.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Scheduled monument about 214 m away: Roman granary 250yds (230m) W of St Mary's Church; Inside the Horton Kirby built-up area; Green belt about 32 m away: London; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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 2

Last sold for £642,500 in April 2024. Semi-detached house, freehold.

5 April 2024£642,500
15 March 2005£300,000

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

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Important details

Council
Sevenoaks
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Postcode
DA4 9BY
Received
26 Jun 2026
Validated
26 Jun 2026
Ward
Farningham, Horton Kirby & South Darenth
Parish
Horton Kirby And South Darenth
Target decision
7 Aug 2026
Decision
No Objection Lodged
Decision date
7 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 11 days from validation, 5 days faster than Sevenoaks's median of 16 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
438decided 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
9860B5F7
Statutory expiry
7 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2023 Approved
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2022
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Works to various trees.
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2020 Approved
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2017 Approved
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2016 Approved
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Erection of single storey side extension to enlarge kitchen; construction of new dormer i…
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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