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Elm Lane, Tonbridge

25/00334/PATree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 22 May 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

1 x Lime (applicants ref. 945a) - Lift low crown to an even level to approx. 3.5m above ground level, including removal of epicormic stem growth and basal growth, Sensitively reduce crown overhanging garage to achieve 2m clearance from garage roof, effectively by reducing branch ends by approx. 1-1.5m back to the vicinity of previous pruning points, All cuts to be made back to suitable secondary growth points, maintaining shape and form at all times. Standing in Group G1 of Tree Preservation Order. [AMENDED SPECIFICATION]

Received
26 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cage Green And Angel
  1. Received26 Feb
  2. Validated15 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Jun
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 37 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Elm Lane, Tonbridge. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 3 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Tonbridge conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 118 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
15 April 2025
Target decision date
10 June 2025
Application expires
9 May 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13810096
UPRN
10002906332
Documents
7

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: Tonbridge
  • 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, 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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