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Kingdom Grove Road Penshurst Kent TN11 8DU

25/03310/WTPOWorks to Trees covered by a TPORefused

Refused on 4 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Sweet chestnut tree -branch with swing to remove both offshoots. Large limb off centre north stem to reduce two horizontal limbs back to 1m from origin and reduce 45 limb back to 3m length from origin. Stem with swing to reduce two upper verticals to join and limb to west at 9m height back to 1m stub. Remove other small under 10cm dead limbs from this stem. South west stem to reduce main dead stub by 3m and reduce three limb stubs back to 1.5m from stem. Centre south to reduce upper stem by 3m. South east stem Southern of two to reduce large stub to south back to 1.5m from trunk. Lower long limb to east back to 2m length. Upper part of stem leaning to southeast to remove dead upper section and East stem West stem of two to remove dead upper section. East stem of two to reduce large limb to east to point where bifurcation. Reduce main stub by 2m and any deadwood.

Received
21 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Penshurst, Fordcombe & Chiddingstone
  1. Received21 Nov
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target5 Feb
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Kingdom Grove Road Penshurst Kent TN11 8DU. Sevenoaks has handled 1,111 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 weeks longer than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 8DU
Application type
Works to Trees covered by a TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Penshurst

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 December 2025
Last date for comments
11 December 2025
Target decision date
5 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14508184
Documents
4
Constraints
20

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
  • Ancient woodland: Saars Wood/Little Courtland Wood/Clay Pit WoodPart of the site · +1 more
  • 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, 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, 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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