The Box House 2 St Ediths Road Kemsing KENT TN15 6PT

18/01642/WTCAWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 11 June 2018

Council decision: No Objection LodgedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Mature Ash tree - Pollard tree by removal of entire crown and branch system making final cuts at approximately (6m)

Received: 22 May 2018
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sevenoaks District Council
Ward: Kemsing

ReceivedReceived22 May
ValidatedValidated22 May
Consult.Consultation23 May
TargetTarget Date3 Jul
DecidedDecided11 Jun

Decided in 20 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Box House 2 St Ediths Road Kemsing KENT TN15 6PT. Sevenoaks has handled 1,111 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 5 weeks quicker than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Kemsing. We hold 2,793 applications in total for the TN15 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: TN15 6PT
Application type: Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Kemsing

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 May 2018
Consultation expiry: 23 May 2018
Consultation start: 23 May 2018
Consultation end: 23 May 2018
Last date for comments: 14 June 2018
Target decision date: 3 July 2018
Permission expires: 11 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: The Oast Preston Farm Shoreham Road Shoreham TN14 7UD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-06995284
Documents: 4
Constraints: 14

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: KemsingPart of the site
Listed building: Grade II: The Box HouseOn this site · +3 more
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 (20)

flood storage areas, green belt, 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, National Landscapes, 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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Source: Sevenoaks

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