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Hope Cottage, Potash Lane, Platt, Sevenoaks, TN15 8NL

25/01246/TNCATree Notification Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 27 August 2025

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

Proposal

Pollard Beech tree down to approximately 6m. This tree is within close proximity of 2 properties.

Received
25 July 2025
Ward
Borough Green And Platt
  1. Received25 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Sep
  5. Decided27 Aug

Decided in 29 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Hope Cottage, Potash Lane, Platt, Sevenoaks, TN15 8NL. 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 Platt conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 96 applications across Borough Green And Platt. We hold 2,786 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 8NL
Application type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Platt

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2025
Target decision date
23 September 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14204775
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.

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, 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.

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