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Bower House, 22, West Street, West Malling, ME19 6QX

24/00019/PATree Notification Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 21 March 2024

Council decision: TPO MadeDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1 x Beech Tree (Applicant reference T1) - Fell to near ground level and treat stump to inhibit regrowth due to clay shrinkage subsidence. Tree standing in front garden of property

Received
5 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Malling West Malling And Offham
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided21 Mar

Decided in 76 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at BOWER HOUSE, 22, WEST STREET, WEST MALLING, ME19 6QX. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 13 days longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the West Malling conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 174 applications across East Malling West Malling And Offham. We hold 1,038 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 6QX
Application type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Malling

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2024
Target decision date
16 February 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12713296
UPRN
100061186854
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West Malling
  • Listed building: Grade II: The White CottageOn or next to this site
  • 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, 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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