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St Marys Church Church Street Tonbridge TN11 0DB

23/01870/TNCATree Notification Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 7 December 2023

Council decision: 6 Weeks ExpiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1 x Yew (applicants ref. T1) - Cut back part of one low limb as indicated in annotated photo attached to e-mail dated 30th August 2023, Prune low crown growing towards wall and garage roof to ensure a clearance of 1.5m with maximum pruning diameter approx. 50mm and all cuts to be made to suitable secondary growth points maintaining shape and form , (1 x dead Weeping Ash (applicants ref. T2) - Fell and replant)

Received
30 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bourne
  1. Received30 Aug
  2. Validated7 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Oct
  5. Decided7 Dec

Decided in 91 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Marys Church Church Street Tonbridge TN11 0DB. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 5 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Hadlow conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 186 applications across Bourne. We hold 1,219 applications in total for the TN11 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
TN11 0DB
Application type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hadlow (Hadlow)
District
Team 1

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 September 2023
Target decision date
19 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
John Robinson The Oast Preston Farm Shoreham Sevenoaks Kent TN14 7UD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

UPRN
100062543923
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    21 Apr

    1 x Lime - Fell

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area26/00753/TNCA
  2. 2025
    14 Oct

    4 x Lime trees (Trees standing in NE corner of churchyard along east perimeter wall, applicant references T2…

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area25/01703/PA
  3. 2025
    18 Aug

    1 x Lime tree (T1 applicant reference) - Fell to as close to ground level as possible and treat with…

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area25/01370/PA
  4. 2024
    4 Mar

    2 x Taxus baccata (English yew) (T1 and T2 Applicant reference) Southern side of the building. Prune to…

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area24/00336/PA
  5. 2022
    20 Jan

    T1 - Sycamore., remove major dead wood only. G1 - 4x limes - front of church yard, re pollard removing 4m of…

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area22/00121/TNCA
  6. 2019
    2 Sep

    TG1 Holly and elder growing close to southern perimeter wall (wall is listed) - carefully fell all stems to…

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area19/02067/TNCA

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