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14 Hopfield Close Otford Kent TN14 5FB

24/00755/WTPOWorks to Trees covered by a TPOPermitted

Proposal

T1: 2 x Lombardy Poplar - Reduce both trees by 2 meters below the previous reduction points. Trees will have residual heights 11 meters and residual radial spread of 3 meters.

Received
22 March 2024
Decided
19 April 2024 · Granted
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Otford & Shoreham
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received22 Mar
  2. Validated22 Mar
  3. Consult.4 Apr
  4. Target17 May
  5. Decided19 Apr

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Sevenoaks97% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at 14 Hopfield Close Otford Kent TN14 5FB. Sevenoaks has handled 1,107 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 26 days. This one was decided in 28 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Otford & Shoreham. We hold 970 applications in total for the TN14 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
24/00755/WTPO
Address
14 Hopfield Close Otford Kent TN14 5FB
Postcode
TN14 5FB
Local Authority
Sevenoaks
Application Type
Works to Trees covered by a TPO
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Granted
Ward
Otford & Shoreham
Parish
Otford

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
4 Copperfields Orchard Kemsing Sevenoaks TN15 6QH

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
22 March 2024
Target Decision Date
17 May 2024
Date Decided
19 April 2024
Date Validated
22 March 2024
Date Submitted
22 March 2024
Last Date for Comments
4 April 2024
Permission Expires
19 April 2029

Planning Decision

Decision
Granted
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12889297
Documents
3
Constraints
18
Coordinates
51.312366, 0.196655
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Sevenoaks

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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