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Bretch, Tumblefield Road, Stansted, Sevenoaks, TN15 7PP

24/00032/PATree Notification Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 16 February 2024

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1 x Field Maple (applicants ref. 2) - Reduce crown by no more than 3m and reshape side branches, 1 x Beech (applicants ref. 3) - Reduce crown by no more than 4m and reshape side branches, 1 x Beech (applicants ref. 4) - Reduce crown by approx. 3m and reshape, 1 x Beech (applicants ref. 5) - Reduce crown by approx. 4m and reshape side branches, 2 x Sycamore, 2 x Alder and 5 x Ash (applicants ref. 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10) – Remove. Mixed species group between Beech trees (applicants ref. Front Hedge) - Reduce and reshape where required to reform a hedge by hedge laying. (EXEMPT WORKS Old Mans Beard (applicants ref. 1) - Remove, Beech hedge (applicants ref. Side hedge) - Reduce to manageable height of approx. 2m)

Received
8 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pilgrims With Ightham
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated8 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Feb
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 39 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Bretch, Tumblefield Road, Stansted, Sevenoaks, TN15 7PP. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 404 days, 49 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Stansted conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 162 applications across Pilgrims With Ightham. We hold 2,787 applications in total for the TN15 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
TN15 7PP
Application type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stansted

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 January 2024
Target decision date
19 February 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

UPRN
100061162242
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Stansted
  • Green belt: Tonbridge and Malling
  • 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, listed buildings, 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.

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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