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Tye Cross Hill Hoath Road Chiddingstone Kent TN8 7AB

26/01624/WTCAWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 15 July 2026

Council decision: No Objection LodgedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1 - Veteran Twin Stemmed Redwood to reduce height by 5-7m, to relieve stress from the twin stem.

Received
23 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Penshurst, Fordcombe & Chiddingstone
  1. Received23 Jun
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.3 Jul
  4. Target14 Aug
  5. Decided15 Jul

Decided in 12 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Tye Cross Hill Hoath Road Chiddingstone Kent TN8 7AB. Sevenoaks has handled 1,111 applications of this type. This one was decided in 12 days, 6 weeks quicker than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings 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 1,035 applications in total for the TN8 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
TN8 7AB
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chiddingstone

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2026
Last date for comments
3 July 2026
Target decision date
14 August 2026
Permission expires
15 July 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Wheatfield Drive Cranbrook TN17 3LU

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15030953
Documents
5
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Chiddingstone
  • Listed building: Grade II: Tye HallOn or next to this site
  • 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 (18)

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, 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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