The Malling School Beech Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6DH

22/00289/TPOCTree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 16 June 2022

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

1 x Robinia (applicants ref. T1) - Reduce heavily weighted southern and western scaffold limbs by 6M. Reduce/reshape remaining crown by up to 3M to balance. T8 of Tree Preservation Order; 1 x Cherry (applicants ref. T5) - Pollard to 5M from ground level. Standing in Group G7 of Tree Preservation Order; 1 x Willow (applicants ref. T9) - Pollard to 10M above ground level. T3 of Tree Preservation Order; (1 x Ash and 1 x Cherry (applicants ref. T3 and T4) - Remove deadwood only. Standing in Group G7 of Tree Preservation Order; 1 x Cherry stump and 1 x Ash stump (applicants ref. T6 and T10) - Remove. Standing in Groups G7 and G13 of Tree Preservation Order

Received: 8 February 2022
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Ward: East Malling

ReceivedReceived8 Feb
ValidatedValidated8 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date5 Apr
DecidedDecided16 Jun

Decided in 128 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Malling School Beech Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6DH. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 128 days, 9 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications 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 6DH
Application type: Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: East Malling And Larkfield
District: Team 3

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 February 2022
Neighbour consultation start: 24 February 2022
Target decision date: 5 April 2022
Permission expires: 16 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Mr Graham Harffey 1 Abbey Wood Road Kings Hill West Malling ME19 4YT

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11021213
UPRN: 100062388024
Documents: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Clare Park and BlacklandsPart of the site

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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Source: Tonbridge

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