Riverside area to rear of Lyons Crescent, Tonbridge
Decided on 15 July 2025
Council decision: Split DecisionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
(A) 6 x Sycamore (applicants ref. G2 Group of 6 no. sycamore trees opposite house no. 25 in applicant’s photos) - Fell and treat stumps as specified. All standing in Area A2 of Tree Preservation Order. (B) 1 x Sycamore (applicants ref. T1. Sycamore tree in applicant’s photos) - Reduce height from 13m to 8m, and remove broken hanging branches. 1 x Ash (applicants ref. T2. Larger ash tree in applicant’s photos) - Repollard to previous pruning points (from a height of 14m to 4.5m). 1 x Ash (applicants ref. T3. Smaller ash tree in applicant’s photos) - Reduce height from 8m to 6m. 1 x Alder (applicants ref. T4. Triple-stemmed alder tree in applicant’s photos) - Reduce back to previous pruning points (from a height of 12m to 8m). 1 x Alder (applicants ref. T5. Twin-stemmed alder tree in applicant’s photos) - Reduce height from 12m to 5m. 1 x Alder (applicants ref. T6 - 1 no. single stemmed alder in applicant’s photos) - Reduce height from 14m to 9m. 1 x Alder (applicants ref. T7 - 1 no. multi-stemmed alder in applicant’s photos) - Reduce back to previous pruning points (from a height of 14m to 11m). 2 x Alder (applicants ref. G1. 2 no alder trees in applicant’s photos) - Reduce height from 16m to 9m. (1 x dead Elm (applicants ref. T8. Dead elm tree by canoe shoot in applicant’s photos) - Fell. Standing in Area A2 of Tree Preservation Order. 1 x fallen Willow (applicants ref. T9. Fallen willow tree across Mill Stream in applicant’s photos) - Remove.).
- Received
- 17 January 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Cage Green And Angel
- ReceivedReceived17 Jan
- ValidatedValidated28 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date25 Mar
- DecidedDecided15 Jul
Decided in 168 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at Riverside area to rear of Lyons Crescent, Tonbridge. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. The site is in the Tonbridge conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Cage Green And Angel.
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
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Tonbridge
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 January 2025
- Target decision date
- 25 March 2025
- Application expires
- 22 February 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13703039
- UPRN
- 10013918683
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Tonbridge
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.
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