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The Rectory The Village Chiddingstone KENT TN8 7AH

18/02543/WTCAWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 14 August 2018

Council decision: No Objection LodgedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

T3. Horse Chestnut - Remove single low branch originating at approx. 2m. T4. Ash - Prune crown

Received
8 August 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Penshurst, Fordcombe & Chiddingstone
  1. Received8 Aug
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.10 Aug
  4. Target19 Sep
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 6 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Rectory The Village Chiddingstone KENT TN8 7AH. Sevenoaks has handled 1,111 applications of this type. This one was decided in 6 days, 7 weeks quicker than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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
8 August 2018
Last date for comments
10 August 2018
Target decision date
19 September 2018
Permission expires
14 August 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-07194589
Documents
3
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Chiddingstone
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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