St Marys Church, Church Street, Hadlow, Tonbridge, TN11 0DB

24/00336/PATree Notification Conservation AreaApproved

Prior approval

Approved on 15 April 2024

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

2 x Taxus baccata (English yew) (T1 and T2 Applicant reference) Southern side of the building. Prune to provide a 2m clearance from the church. 1 x Taxus baccata fastigiata (Irish yew) (T3 Applicant reference) North side of the building. Prune to provide approximately 1/1.5m clearance from the building, without spoiling the aesthetics of the tree. G1 (applicant reference) - Mixed species, mainly Taxus baccata (English yew) running along the Southern boundary wall. Prune to provide a 2m clearance from the wall. Proposed removal of deadwood from T4 (Applicant reference) Fraxinus excelsior 'Pendula' (Weeping ash) Monolith on the Eastern side of the church

Received: 4 March 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Ward: Bourne

ReceivedReceived4 Mar
ValidatedValidated4 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date15 Apr
DecidedDecided15 Apr

Decided in 42 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Marys Church, Church Street, Hadlow, Tonbridge, TN11 0DB. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 3 weeks quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Hadlow conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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)

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 March 2024
Target decision date: 15 April 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12850735
UPRN: 100062543923
Documents: 11

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Hadlow
Listed building: Grade II: Balcombe headstone approximately 10 metres south of the nave of the Church of St MaryOn this site · +35 more
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 (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.

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Source: Tonbridge

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