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The Old Post Office Church Street Shoreham Kent TN14 7SG

24/01667/WTCAWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 2 August 2024

Council decision: No Objection LodgedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of a collection of Leylandii trees - fully cut down and grind out stump.

Received
24 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Otford & Shoreham
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated24 Jun
  3. Consult.26 Jun
  4. Target5 Aug
  5. Decided2 Aug

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Post Office Church Street Shoreham Kent TN14 7SG. Sevenoaks has handled 1,111 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Otford & Shoreham. We hold 1,032 applications in total for the TN14 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
TN14 7SG
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shoreham

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 June 2024
Last date for comments
26 June 2024
Target decision date
5 August 2024
Permission expires
2 August 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
FEAD830A
Documents
4
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Shoreham
  • Listed building: Grade II: Bridge Over the River DarentOn or next to this site
  • Green belt: SevenoaksPart of the site
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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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