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Tall Trees Smarts Hill Penshurst Kent TN11 8EB

25/03126/WTPOWorks to Trees covered by a TPOApproved

Approved on 19 December 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T7 large Red oak within SW woodlands section which has suffered several large branch failures at vicinity of large historical cavitation at approx. 10m. To cut and release failed limbs, and clear failed branches on ground; heavily reduce upper canopy, above the point of the historical cavitation (approx. 10m) whilst retaining cavity for continued wildlife habitat; inspect all remaining crown areas for any further defects and prune out broken and suspended branches as required to make safe and timber stacked on boundary (as directed) for wildlife habitat piles.

Received
31 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Penshurst, Fordcombe & Chiddingstone
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.4 Nov
  4. Target26 Dec
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Tall Trees Smarts Hill Penshurst Kent TN11 8EB. Sevenoaks has handled 1,111 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Penshurst, Fordcombe & Chiddingstone. We hold 1,222 applications in total for the TN11 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
TN11 8EB
Application type
Works to Trees covered by a TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Penshurst

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2025
Last date for comments
4 November 2025
Target decision date
26 December 2025
Permission expires
19 December 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Oast Preston Farm Shoreham Road Shoreham TN14 7UD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14454736
Documents
3
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Sevenoaks
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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 2026-11-03. 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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