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71 Cherry Orchard Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6QS

23/03021/TPOCTree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 5 February 2024

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1 x Sycamore (marked by red cross on sketch plan and shown in applicants photo) - Reduce crown by 30% all over (height and spread). T8 of Tree Preservation Order

Received
29 September 2023
Ward
Aylesford South And Ditton
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated2 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Dec
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 95 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 71 Cherry Orchard Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6QS. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 129 days, 9 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 125 applications across Aylesford South And Ditton. We hold 648 applications in total for the ME20 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
ME20 6QS
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ditton

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 November 2023
Target decision date
28 December 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12495689
Documents
4
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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