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Bridge Over The River Darent Riverside Eynsford Kent

24/00669/WTCAWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 5 April 2024

Council decision: No Objection LodgedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Oak tree - Remove all deadwood in western side of crown , mainly overhanging public bench. Reduction of low level branches back to stem at low level adjacent to road to enable visibility of road signage. Removal of approx. 3 m and still keep base shape of tree.

Received
14 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Eynsford
  1. Received14 Mar
  2. Validated14 Mar
  3. Consult.4 Apr
  4. Target25 Apr
  5. Decided5 Apr

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Bridge Over The River Darent Riverside Eynsford Kent. 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 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Eynsford.

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

Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Eynsford

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 March 2024
Last date for comments
4 April 2024
Target decision date
25 April 2024
Permission expires
5 April 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
email
Documents
1
Constraints
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Eynsford
  • Listed building: Grade II: Eynsford BridgeOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Green belt: Sevenoaks
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs

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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© 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.

Source: Sevenoaks

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