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Chiddingstone Primary School The Village Chiddingstone Kent TN8 7AH

15/02635/WTCAWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 1 September 2015

Council decision: No Objection LodgedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T2361 (Oak)- Reduce back lateral branches of crown over hanging playground by 1 metre, leaving residual branch lengths of approximately 4 metres,and reduce back lateral branches on N/West side of crown by up to 2 metres, leaving residual branch lengths of approximately 5 metres. T2362 (Sycamore)- To prune back lateral branches over hanging play area by up to 1.5 metres, leaving residual branch lengths of approximately 3-4 metres.

Received
19 August 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Penshurst, Fordcombe & Chiddingstone
  1. Received19 Aug
  2. Validated19 Aug
  3. Consult.17 Sep
  4. Target30 Sep
  5. Decided1 Sep

Decided in 13 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Chiddingstone Primary School The Village Chiddingstone Kent TN8 7AH. Sevenoaks has handled 1,111 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 6 weeks quicker than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Penshurst, Fordcombe & Chiddingstone. We hold 1,035 applications in total for the TN8 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at Sevenoaks District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN8 7AH
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chiddingstone

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 August 2015
Consultation start
26 August 2015
Last date for comments
17 September 2015
Target decision date
30 September 2015
Permission expires
1 September 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04437108
Documents
3
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Chiddingstone
  • Listed building: Grade II*: 1, High StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Green belt: Sevenoaks
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (18)

flood storage areas, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    4 Aug

    Removal of T1 Ash.

    PendingWorks to Trees in a Conservation Area26/02073/WTCA

Source: Sevenoaks

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