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Grounds Off Clare Lane The Malling School Beech Road East Malling West Malling Kent

22/02738/TNCATree Notification Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 16 January 2023

Council decision: Permission Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

1 x dead Sycamore (applicants ref. T17) - Fell. T2 of Tree Preservation Order

Received
6 December 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Malling
  1. Received6 Dec
  2. Validated7 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Jan
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 40 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Grounds Off Clare Lane The Malling School Beech Road East Malling West Malling Kent. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 3 weeks quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Clare Park and Blacklands conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address.

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

Application type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Malling And Larkfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 December 2022
Target decision date
18 January 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11742782
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Clare Park and Blacklands
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2022
    6 Dec

    1 x dead Sycamore (applicants ref. T17) - Fell. T2 of Tree Preservation Order

    This applicationApprovedTrees22/02738/TNCA
  2. 2022
    6 Dec

    1 x Sweet Chestnut (applicants ref. T29) - Fell; (1 x Hybrid Black Poplar (applicants ref. T12) - Remove…

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation AreaFiled alongside22/02739/TNCA

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