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The Cottage The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QQ

24/01691/TNCATree Notification Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 20 November 2024

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

1 x Bay tree (applicant ref: T1 on sketch plan) Reduce height approx 30%, hard prune front and rear and lightly prune sides to maintain shape. Remove low growth at the bottom.

Received
18 October 2024
Ward
Bourne
  1. Received18 Oct
  2. Validated18 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Dec
  5. Decided20 Nov

Decided in 33 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Cottage The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QQ. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 4 weeks quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Plaxtol conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 186 applications across Bourne. 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 0QQ
Application type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Plaxtol

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 October 2024
Target decision date
13 December 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13494416
Documents
4
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Plaxtol
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • 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, 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, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    15 Oct

    Works to remove a Copper Beech

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area21/02805/TNCA

Source: Tonbridge

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