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Gowers The Green Leigh Kent TN11 8QL

26/00258/WTPOWorks to Trees covered by a TPOApproved

Approved on 19 February 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Mature Ash tree to the left of the house: due to the presence of fungus and the tree displaying signs of stress, we will reduce the crown by approximately 30-40%.

Received
3 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Leigh & Chiddingstone Causeway
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 16 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Gowers The Green Leigh Kent TN11 8QL. Sevenoaks has handled 1,111 applications of this type. This one was decided in 16 days, 6 weeks quicker than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Leigh & Chiddingstone Causeway. 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 8QL
Application type
Works to Trees covered by a TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leigh

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2026
Last date for comments
4 February 2026
Target decision date
31 March 2026
Permission expires
19 February 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Thomas Wood Yard Bank Lane Hildenborough TN11 8NR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14672223
Documents
3
Constraints
34

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Leigh
  • 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

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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