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The Malling School, Beech Road, East Malling, West Malling, ME19 6DH

24/01291/PATree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 1 November 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

2 x Beech (applicant ref G008 circled orange on map) - Raise canopies of both trees to 3m. 1 x Cherry (applicant ref G011 circled orange) - Reduce by 2m and lowest limb by 3m to mitigate sail effect. 1 x Sycamore (applicant ref T026 circled orange) – Cut back to provide up to 1.5m clearance from the utility cables pruning to suitable growth points. Standing in Groups G4, G7 and G11 of Tree Preservation Order.

Received
12 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Malling West Malling And Offham
  1. Received12 Aug
  2. Validated12 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Oct
  5. Decided1 Nov

Decided in 81 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at THE MALLING SCHOOL, BEECH ROAD, EAST MALLING, WEST MALLING, ME19 6DH. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 3 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 177 applications across East Malling West Malling And Offham. 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 6DH
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Malling And Larkfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 August 2024
Target decision date
7 October 2024
Application expires
11 September 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13326847
UPRN
100062388024
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Clare Park and BlacklandsPart of the site

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, listed buildings, 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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