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Tower Hill Cottage Tower Hill Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5NH

23/00663/TNCATree Notification Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 21 April 2023

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Applicants ref: T1 Beech, Reduce into rounded shape (trim sides and lift) to bring in keeping with garden and for aesthetics. H6m to 5m, W2m either side to 1.5m

Received
24 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Downs And Mereworth
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided21 Apr

Decided in 28 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Tower Hill Cottage Tower Hill Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5NH. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 5 weeks quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Offham conservation area, with 4 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 5NH
Application type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Offham
District
Team 2

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2023
Neighbour consultation start
27 March 2023
Target decision date
5 May 2023
Permission expires
21 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Caroline Everest 57 Tonbridge Road Maidstone ME16 8SA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12041227
UPRN
100062105474
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Offham
  • Listed building: Grade II: KingscottOn or next to this 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

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