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9, SUB STATION SOUTH OF, Phoenix Drive, Wateringbury, Maidstone, ME18 5DR

23/03543Tree Notification Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 5 February 2024

Council decision: 6 Weeks ExpiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

3 x Ash Trees (applicants references T1, T2 and T3) Fell to ground level. Reason for works is for fence replacement for security around sub station. Trees are standing next to road and Substation Fence

Received
18 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East & West Peckham Mereworth And Wbury
  1. Received18 Oct
  2. Validated18 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Nov
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 110 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 9, SUB STATION SOUTH OF, Phoenix Drive, Wateringbury, Maidstone, ME18 5DR. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 110 days, 7 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Wateringbury conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across East & West Peckham Mereworth And Wbury. We hold 198 applications in total for the ME18 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
ME18 5DR
Application type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wateringbury

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 October 2023
Target decision date
29 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12539727
UPRN
10094700346
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Wateringbury
  • 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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