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Cotmans Edge Potash Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8NL

16/00045/TNCATree Notification Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 15 February 2016

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Fell damaged Leylandii and Eucalyptus to enable native Yew trees to have more room

Received
7 January 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Borough Green And Long Mill
  1. Received7 Jan
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Feb
  5. Decided15 Feb

Decided in 39 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Cotmans Edge Potash Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8NL. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 3 weeks quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Platt conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 2,787 applications in total for the TN15 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
TN15 8NL
Application type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Platt

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2016
Consultation start
14 January 2016
Neighbour consultation start
14 January 2016
Target decision date
18 February 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: PlattPart of the site
  • Green belt: Tonbridge and MallingPart of the site
  • 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, 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, 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    15 Jul

    1 x Acer and 1 x Hawthorn (standing in area bordered by Potash and Comp Lanes opposite Cotmans Edge) - Remove.

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area24/01142/PA
  2. 2024
    15 Jul

    1 x Acer and 1 x Hawthorn (standing in area bordered by Potash and Comp Lanes opposite Cotmans Edge) - Remove.

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area24/01142/TNCA
  3. 2015
    3 Aug

    Fell conifer and replace with more suitable tree

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area15/02540/TNCA
  4. 2005
    24 Jan

    Minor amendment of planning permission TM/02/03155/FL

    ApprovedOther Related Matters application05/00250/ORM
  5. 2004
    5 Feb

    Details of joinery and eaves pursuant to conditions 4 and 5 of planning permission TM/02/03155/FL

    ApprovedReserved Details04/00407/RD
  6. 2004
    5 Feb

    Details of landscaping pursuant to condition 8 of planning permission TM/02/03155/FL

    ApprovedReserved Details04/00408/RD

Source: Tonbridge

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