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South East Water Ltd Rocfort Road Snodland Kent ME6 5NQ

16/03453/TNCATree Notification Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 13 January 2017

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T28, Horse Chestnut - Remove large branch by overhanging the footpath, remove any deadwood and crown thin by 20%. T3 Silver Birch (small) - Fell,,T5 Silver Birch (medium) - Crown thin by 10%,T6 Silver Birch (medium) - Remove bough leaning towards building,T7 Silver Birch (medium) - Remove bough leaning towards building,T8 Silver Birch (small) - Fell, T16 Sycamore - Crown reduce by 3-4 metres. Crown reduce all trees by 3-4 metres

Received
22 November 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Snodland East And Ham Hill
  1. Received22 Nov
  2. Validated22 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Jan
  5. Decided13 Jan

Decided in 52 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at South East Water Ltd Rocfort Road Snodland Kent ME6 5NQ. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 11 days quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Snodland conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 13 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 5NQ
Application type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Snodland

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 November 2016
Consultation start
2 December 2016
Neighbour consultation start
2 December 2016
Target decision date
3 January 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Paul Vogel Bendigo Cobbs Hill Old Wives Lees Canterbury Kent CT4 8AL

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

13 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    21 Oct

    Area 1- Group of Sycamores and conifers overhanging the footpath, cut back to clear footpath. Number of…

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area24/01700/TNCA
  2. 2024
    20 May

    To fell a dead silver birch

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area24/00801/TNCA
  3. 2024
    4 Mar

    1 x dead Pine (applicants ref. T37of the plan submitted with 22/02256/TNCA

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area24/00333/TNCA
  4. 2023
    22 Jun

    Details of condition 2 (Detailed drawn and photographic record) Pursuant to planning permission TM/23/00291/FL

    ApprovedReserved Details23/01340/RD
  5. 2023
    8 Feb

    Proposed demolition of the Stable Block building

    ApprovedPlanning Permission23/00291/FL
  6. 2022
    13 Oct

    1 x Sycamore (applicants ref. T30) - Remove the central thin stem of the triple stemmed tree, (remove…

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order Consent22/02223/TPOC

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