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Smythe House, 45, London Road, Tonbridge, TN10 3AD

25/01247/PATree Notification Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 27 August 2025

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Applicants ref T2- Oak, Due to the large cavity in the main union and other supporting limbs. Reduce the entire crown by a maximum of 6 metres and to a new height at 7m, to sound timber. To preserve the tree and then manage the regrowth after. Applicants ref G3- 2x pines, Both with large cavities. The larger tree which has already previously had the top removed as a precaution to be reduced a further 3 metres, to the next limbs down to alleviate any more weight on the already declining stem The smaller pine with a cavity at 12m to be reduced by down by 4 metres to the lower lateral limb as the target zone if the tree failed would be the footpath and road.

Received
25 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Judd
  1. Received25 Jul
  2. Validated25 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Sep
  5. Decided27 Aug

Decided in 33 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at SMYTHE HOUSE, 45, LONDON ROAD, TONBRIDGE, TN10 3AD. 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 Tonbridge conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Judd. We hold 167 applications in total for the TN10 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
TN10 3AD
Application type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tonbridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 July 2025
Target decision date
5 September 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14203104
UPRN
100062697148
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Tonbridge
  • Green belt: Tonbridge and MallingPart of the site
  • 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, 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

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© 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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