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St James The Great Academy Chapman Way East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6SD

23/01227/TNCATree Notification Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 12 July 2023

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Ash: Fell to ground level and remove stump. T3 - Oak: Crown lift to 4m over car park. T5 - Ash: Fell to ground level and remove stump. T6 - Hornbeam: Fell to ground level and remove stump. T9 - Oak: Crown lift to 4m over car park. T11 - Ash: Remove deadwood. T13 - Maple: Remove southern wounded stem. G6 - Oak, Maple: Crown lift to 5m over car park and highway

Received
7 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Malling
  1. Received7 Jun
  2. Validated7 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Jul
  5. Decided12 Jul

Decided in 35 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at St James The Great Academy Chapman Way East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6SD. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 4 weeks quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Clare Park and Blacklands conservation area. 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 6SD
Application type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Malling And Larkfield
District
Team 3

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 June 2023
Target decision date
19 July 2023
Permission expires
12 July 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12215769
UPRN
010013920921
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Source: Tonbridge

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