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St Michaels Cottage The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QF

23/00692/TNCATree Notification Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 10 May 2023

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Indian bean tree: reduce by 1/2 metre, Bay tree: fell and grind stump, Hawthorn tree: reduce by 1 metre, Hornbeam: push back off the drive way and prune to shape. Sycamore tree: push back off driveway and prune to shape

Received
29 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bourne
  1. Received29 Mar
  2. Validated29 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 May
  5. Decided10 May

Decided in 42 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Michaels Cottage The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QF. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 3 weeks quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Plaxtol conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 186 applications across Bourne. We hold 2,786 applications in total for the TN15 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
TN15 0QF
Application type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Plaxtol
District
Team 2

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 March 2023
Neighbour consultation start
30 March 2023
Target decision date
10 May 2023
Permission expires
10 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
St Michaels Cottage The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QN

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12036291
UPRN
100062103481
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Plaxtol
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • 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 (20)

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, 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.

Planning history at this site

14 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    28 Oct

    T 1 (Applicants ref)- Hawthorn- section fell. In decline due to honey fungus

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area25/01785/PA
  2. 2025
    22 Apr

    Proposed erection of timber framed, solid roof gazebo and pre-finished metal pergola

    ApprovedHouseholder25/00707/PA
  3. 2024
    2 Aug

    Proposed new dormer to first floor side elevation

    ApprovedPlanning Permission24/01231/FL
  4. 2024
    2 Aug

    Proposed new dormer to first floor side elevation

    ApprovedHouseholder24/01231/PA
  5. 2024
    15 Jul

    Proposed erection of a chain link boundary fence to the western boundary

    ApprovedPlanning Permission24/01117/FL
  6. 2024
    15 Jul

    Proposed erection of a chain link boundary fence to the western boundary

    ApprovedHouseholder24/01117/PA

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