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LAND REAR OF 21 TO 31, Avion Gardens, Kings Hill, West Malling, ME19 4RH

24/00779/PATree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 23 October 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

1 x Sweet Chestnut (applicants ref. 1) - Reduce the chestnut by 30% retaining as reasonable shape as possible, Removal of 3 smaller wayward stems from the base of the Chestnut to tidy up the incursion on the fence as indicated in document attached to agents email dated 12th October 2024. 1 x Sweet Chestnut (applicants ref. 2) - Reduce the chestnut by 30% retaining as reasonable shape as possible, Remove one stem leaning towards the houses and through the fence as indicated in document attached to agents email dated 12th October 2024. 2 x Holly and Straggly Hawthorns (applicants ref. 3 and 4) - Reduce to around 2/3 height and Remove overhanging limbs from the fence as indicated in document attached to agents email dated 12th October 2024. All standing in Woodland W2 of Tree Preservation Order.

Received
17 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kings Hill, East & West Peckham Mereworth And Wbury
  1. Received17 May
  2. Validated17 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Jul
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 159 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at LAND REAR OF 21 TO 31, Avion Gardens, Kings Hill, West Malling, ME19 4RH. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 159 days, 14 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 4RH
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wateringbury, Kings Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 May 2024
Target decision date
12 July 2024
Application expires
21 June 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13070555
UPRN
10094700463
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.

  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

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.

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