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Leybourne Grange Development Site, Birling Road, Leybourne, West Malling

24/00413/PATree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 25 September 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1 x Sycamore (applicants ref. 181) - Fell. Standing in Group G10 of Tree Preservation Order reference 06/00017/TPO; (1 x Dead Sweet Chestnut (applicants ref. 109), 4 x dead Sycamore stems (applicants ref. 111), 1 x dead Birch (applicants ref. 114) – Fell. Standing in Woodlands W2 and W4 of Tree Preservation Order reference 06/00017/TPO; 1 x Chestnut and 1 x Sycamore (applicants ref. 110 and 152) - Fell/remove dead stem only. T7 and Standing in Woodland W4 of Tree Preservation Order reference 06/00017/TPO; 1 x Oak and 1 x Beech (applicants ref. 112 and 147) - Remove broken hanging branches only. Standing in Groups G17 and G30 of Tree Preservation Order reference 06/00017/TPO; 1 x Oak (applicants ref. 120) - Remove deadwood only. T39 of Tree Preservation Order reference 06/00017/TPO; 1 x Elm (applicants ref. 168) - Remove deadwood and install a non-invasive brace only. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order reference 06/00017/TPO; Group of 5 marked dead and declining Ash and Elm (applicants ref. G24) - Fell. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order reference 94/10047/TPO).

Received
15 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Birling Leybourne And Ryarsh
  1. Received15 Mar
  2. Validated22 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 May
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 187 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Leybourne Grange Development Site, Birling Road, Leybourne, West Malling. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 194 days, 19 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Birling Leybourne And Ryarsh. We hold 1,037 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 5FL
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ryarsh, Leybourne

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 March 2024
Target decision date
17 May 2024
Application expires
18 April 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12895456
UPRN
200000969751
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, conservation 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, 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.

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