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The Common Field Heaverham Road Kemsing Kent

25/00360/WTCAWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 18 March 2025

Council decision: No Objection LodgedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

G1- 6 trees, Alder, Birch , Beech to left of cricket net and Beech, Ash and Lime to right - Lift all trees to 4.5M to stop encroachment issues.

Received
10 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kemsing
  1. Received10 Feb
  2. Validated10 Feb
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target24 Mar
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Common Field Heaverham Road Kemsing Kent. Sevenoaks has handled 1,111 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Kemsing.

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
Kemsing

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 February 2025
Last date for comments
11 February 2025
Target decision date
24 March 2025
Permission expires
18 March 2030

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-13760873
Documents
6
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Kemsing
  • Green belt: Sevenoaks
  • 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 (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.

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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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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    18 Feb

    Walnut tree pruning - height and crown reduction by 25-30%.

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation Area26/00424/WTCA
  2. 2026
    12 Feb

    Tree ref T5 - 2 x Ash - Fell to near ground level

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation Area26/00360/WTCA
  3. 2025
    24 Jul

    G1- 5 Lime trees east of the concrete steps from Common field to Heaverham rd.Lift to give a clearance of…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation Area25/02097/WTCA
  4. 2025
    17 Jul

    G1 3x Ash - Declining Ash trees and G2 6 x Ash - Declining Ash Trees near bench to fell to near ground level.

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation Area25/02015/WTCA
  5. 2023
    6 Mar

    Single storey side extension. Internal alterations to the Members Lounge and Squash changing rooms.

    ApprovedFull Application23/00616/FUL
  6. 2022
    16 Sep

    1316 Sycamore - Climb and dismantle tree to near ground level

    PendingWorks to Trees covered by a TPO22/02581/WTPO

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