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Trees To Rear Of 13, 14 And 15 Forsyth Close East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BS

17/03218/TPOCTree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 18 December 2017

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Pine x 2 - sever and remove the worst of the Ivy, remove dead and diseased wood and crown lift to 4-6 metres over garden, T1 Small Ivy Clad Pine - fell as close to ground level as possible and cut and stack in habitat piles back in wooded area, T2 Pine x 2 - sever and remove the worst of the Ivy, remove dead and diseased wood and crown lift to 5-6 metres over garden (removing the lowest limbs back to source) and inspect the failure point at the top of the crown and prune down to live growth, T1 Pine x 2 - sever and remove the worst of the Ivy, remove dead and diseased wood and crown lift to 4-6 metres over the garden and T2 - Small Suppressed Pine - fell as close to ground level as possible

Received
16 November 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Malling
  1. Received16 Nov
  2. Validated16 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Jan
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 32 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Trees To Rear Of 13, 14 And 15 Forsyth Close East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BS. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 4 weeks quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,037 applications in total for the ME19 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
ME19 6BS
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Malling And Larkfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 November 2017
Consultation start
17 November 2017
Neighbour consultation start
17 November 2017
Target decision date
11 January 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr O'Flanagan New Pond Farm Woodhatch Road Reigate RH2 7QH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06538557
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bradbourne, East 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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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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.

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