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Rose Cottage Amherst Hill Riverhead Kent TN13 2EL

25/00765/WTCAWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 29 April 2025

Council decision: No Objection LodgedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removing 1 diseased Ash tree.

Received
18 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dunton Green & Riverhead
  1. Received18 Mar
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Apr
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rose Cottage Amherst Hill Riverhead Kent TN13 2EL. Sevenoaks has handled 1,111 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Dunton Green & Riverhead. We hold 1,041 applications in total for the TN13 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
TN13 2EL
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Riverhead

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2025
Target decision date
29 April 2025
Permission expires
29 April 2030

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
460FEC71
Documents
2
Constraints
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Riverhead
  • 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, 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, National Landscapes, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    18 Mar

    Removal of 1 Ash tree and 1 Bay tree.

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaFiled alongside25/00764/WTCA
  2. 2025
    18 Mar

    Removing 1 diseased Ash tree.

    This applicationApprovedTrees25/00765/WTCA

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    27 Jul

    Beech tree - crown reduce the total height be approximately 33%, and thin out the remaining branches by…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation Area26/01992/WTCA
  2. 2026
    27 Jul

    Reduce crown height of cypress conifer tree by 50%, and thin out branches approximately 33%. Removal of…

    PendingWorks to Trees in a Conservation Area26/01993/WTCA
  3. 2025
    10 Dec

    Three overgrown Beech trees and their roots need to be removed in order to build a retaining wall that.

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation Area25/03476/WTCA
  4. 2025
    10 Dec

    Remove a row of thin beech trees, and replace with beech hedging closer to the boundary of the property.

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation Area25/03475/WTCA
  5. 2024
    20 Dec

    Demolition of side extension and garage. New two-storey side extension with rooflights, single-storey rear…

    PendingHouseholder24/03439/HOUSE
  6. 2024
    18 Dec

    G1Row of approximately 21 beech trees along boundary. Reduce all trees to approximately 5 meters (same height…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation Area24/03402/WTCA

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