Church House 70 High Street Snodland Kent ME6 5AG

15/02435/TPOCTree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 16 September 2015

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Yew (T1), (T2) - raise canopy up to 4m above tree base. Thin canopy by 10% focusing on conflicting secondary branches and dead wood

Received: 23 July 2015
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Ward: Snodland East And Ham Hill

ReceivedReceived23 Jul
ValidatedValidated23 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date17 Sep
DecidedDecided16 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Church House 70 High Street Snodland Kent ME6 5AG. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 8 days quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Snodland conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Snodland East And Ham Hill. We hold 444 applications in total for the ME6 postcode area.

98% of trees applications at Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: ME6 5AG
Application type: Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Snodland

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 July 2015
Consultation start: 12 August 2015
Neighbour consultation start: 16 September 2015
Target decision date: 17 September 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Mr Craig Chisholm 3 Horsted Avenue Chatham Kent ME4 6JU

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-04369931
Documents: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Snodland
Listed building: Grade II: The Church HouseOn this site · +1 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Associated applications

2015
23 Jul
Yew (T1), (T2) - raise canopy up to 4m above tree base. Thin canopy by 10% focusing on conflicting secondary…
This applicationApprovedTrees15/02435/TPOC
2015
23 Jul
Ash (T3) - fell, Sycamore (T4) - raise canopy up to 5m above base. Clear lines. Sycamore (T5, T6, T7) - fell
ApprovedTree Notification Conservation AreaFiled alongside15/02437/TNCA
2015
23 Jul
Ailanthus (T9) - prune to clear buildings by 3m. Sycamore (T10) - fell
ApprovedTree Notification Conservation AreaFiled alongside15/02439/TNCA
2015
23 Jul
Groups of 2 x Sycamore, 2 x Ash (G1) - raise canopy up to 6m above base. Clear lines. Sycamore (T8) - fell
ApprovedTree Notification Conservation AreaFiled alongside15/02572/TNCA

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11 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Tonbridge

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