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1 Gibsons Place Eynsford Kent DA4 0AA

20/01599/WTCAWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 1 July 2020

Council decision: No Objection LodgedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Sorbus - Prune and cut back branches by 30%. Reduce height of tree by 40% just below gutter level

Received
9 June 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Eynsford
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.12 Jun
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided1 Jul

Decided in 19 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Gibsons Place Eynsford Kent DA4 0AA. Sevenoaks has handled 1,111 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 5 weeks quicker than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Eynsford. We hold 770 applications in total for the DA4 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
DA4 0AA
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Eynsford

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2020
Last date for comments
12 June 2020
Target decision date
24 July 2020
Permission expires
1 July 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
email
Documents
8
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Eynsford
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • 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, listed buildings, 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, 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Sevenoaks

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