Old Forge Cottage Forge Lane West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JP Data via plota.co.uk

26/00766/TPOC - Tree Preservation Order Consent Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

1 x Yew (applicants ref. T1) - Raise the canopy by approximately 1 metre and cut and shape the new growth on the remainder of the tree. T1 of Tree Preservation Order. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Apr 2026
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Approved
19 Jun 2026

Approved on 19 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision · 19 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF OFFICER REPORT Decision · 19 Jun 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF TREE LOCATION PLAN Site Location Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF PHOTOS OF TREE Photo · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: The Forge House
List entry 1115781 · 1 m away · 1 more listed building within 150 m (1 Grade II)
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 ↗
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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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 2. 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 Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Priority habitat 47 m away: Traditional orchard.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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 £620,000 in November 2006. Detached house, freehold.

16 November 2006£620,000

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

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Important details

Council
Tonbridge
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Postcode
ME18 5JP
Received
24 Apr 2026
Validated
24 Apr 2026
Ward
East & West Peckham Mereworth And Wbury
Parish
West Peckham
Case officer
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Target decision
19 Jun 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
19 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 15 days slower than Tonbridge's median of 41 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

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

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14807826
Planning Portal ref
PP-14807826
Statutory expiry
19 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Listed Building Application: Proposed extension to existing front porch
24/00035/LB
2024 Approved
Proposed extension of existing front porch
24/00033/FL
2024 Approved
Listed Building Application: Proposed extension to existing front porch
24/00035/LB
2024 Approved
Proposed extension of existing front porch
24/00033/FL
2023 Approved
1 x Acer standing at Old Forge Cottage Forge Lane within hatched area on applicants plan…
23/03305/TPOC
2020 Approved
Remove dead Elm tree and reduce Yew tree by 25%
20/00967/TPOC
2016 Approved
Listed Building Consent Application: Demolition of single storey extension and constructi…
16/01292/LB
2016 Approved
Demolition of a single storey extension and construction of replacement extension and cov…
16/01291/FL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
CLEMENTS OAST, Forge Lane, West Peckham, Maidstone, ME18 5JP
Prior Notification for Larger Home Extension (Part 1 Class A): Proposed single storey rea…
25/01188/PA
2025 Approved
CLEMENTS OAST, Forge Lane, West Peckham, Maidstone, ME18 5JP
Prior Notification for Larger Home Extension (Part 1 Class A): Proposed single storey rea…
25/01188/PA
2025 Approved
Clements Oast, Forge Lane, West Peckham, Maidstone, ME18 5JP
Prior Notification for Larger Home Extension (Part 1 Class A): Proposed single storey rea…
25/01188/PDVLR
2025 Approved
Clements Oast, Forge Lane, West Peckham, Maidstone, ME18 5JP
Prior Notification for Larger Home Extension (Part 1 Class A): Proposed single storey rea…
25/01188/PDVLR
2025 Approved
CLEMENTS OAST, Forge Lane, West Peckham, Maidstone, ME18 5JP
Details of condition 3 (Boundary Treatment) 4 (Storage and Screening) 5 (Archaeological F…
25/01189/PA
2025 Approved
CLEMENTS OAST, Forge Lane, West Peckham, Maidstone, ME18 5JP
Details of condition 3 (Boundary Treatment) 4 (Storage and Screening) 5 (Archaeological F…
25/01189/PA
2025 Approved
Clements Oast, Forge Lane, West Peckham, Maidstone, ME18 5JP
Details of condition 3 (Boundary Treatment) 4 (Storage and Screening) 5 (Archaeological F…
25/01189/RD
2025 Approved
Clements Oast, Forge Lane, West Peckham, Maidstone, ME18 5JP
Details of condition 3 (Boundary Treatment) 4 (Storage and Screening) 5 (Archaeological F…
25/01189/RD
2024 Approved
Wildbank, Forge Lane, West Peckham, Maidstone, ME18 5JP
Proposed erection of garden room
24/01830/FL
2024 Approved
Wildbank, Forge Lane, West Peckham, Maidstone, ME18 5JP
Proposed erection of garden room
24/01830/FL
2024 Decided
CLEMENTS OAST, Forge Lane, West Peckham, Maidstone, ME18 5JP
Proposed change of use of Clements Oast, from holiday let to residential single detached…
24/01089/PA
2024 Decided
CLEMENTS OAST, Forge Lane, West Peckham, Maidstone, ME18 5JP
Proposed change of use of Clements Oast, from holiday let to residential single detached…
24/01089/PA
2024 Decided
Clements Oast Forge Lane West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JP
Proposed change of use of Clements Oast, from holiday let to residential single detached…
24/01089/FL
2024 Decided
Clements Oast Forge Lane West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JP
Proposed change of use of Clements Oast, from holiday let to residential single detached…
24/01089/FL
2024 Approved
OLD FORGE COTTAGE, FORGE LANE, WEST PECKHAM, MAIDSTONE, ME18 5JP
Proposed extension of existing front porch
24/00033/PA
2024 Approved
OLD FORGE COTTAGE, FORGE LANE, WEST PECKHAM, MAIDSTONE, ME18 5JP
Listed Building Application: Proposed extension to existing front porch
24/00035/PA
2024 Approved
OLD FORGE COTTAGE, FORGE LANE, WEST PECKHAM, MAIDSTONE, ME18 5JP
Proposed extension of existing front porch
24/00033/PA
2024 Approved
OLD FORGE COTTAGE, FORGE LANE, WEST PECKHAM, MAIDSTONE, ME18 5JP
Listed Building Application: Proposed extension to existing front porch
24/00035/PA
2023 Approved
OLD FORGE COTTAGE, FORGE LANE, WEST PECKHAM, MAIDSTONE, ME18 5JP
1 x Acer standing at Old Forge Cottage Forge Lane within hatched area on applicants plan…
23/03305
2020 Approved
Clements Cottage Forge Lane West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JP
Change of use of land and buildings to a mixed use of residential, holiday accommodation…
20/00544/FL
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
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.

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