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Old Kennards Hildenborough Road Leigh Kent TN11 8RE

26/00679/WTCAWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 26 March 2026

Council decision: No Objection LodgedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Complete removal of one conifer.

Received
12 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Leigh & Chiddingstone Causeway
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated12 Mar
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target23 Apr
  5. Decided26 Mar

Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Old Kennards Hildenborough Road Leigh Kent TN11 8RE. Sevenoaks has handled 1,111 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 6 weeks quicker than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 8RE
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leigh

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 March 2026
Last date for comments
13 March 2026
Target decision date
23 April 2026
Permission expires
26 March 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14775729
Documents
3
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: LeighPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Old KennardsOn this site
  • Green belt: SevenoaksNext to the site
  • 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, 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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