165, Mill Street, East Malling, West Malling, ME19 6BW

25/01481/PATree Notification Conservation AreaApproved

Prior approval

Approved on 14 October 2025

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

1 x Cherry (applicants ref. T1) - Reduce height and spread by approximately 1.5m as specified. Himalayan birch (applicants ref. G1) - Reduce height by approximately 1.5m and spread by approximately 1m as specified. 1 x Walnut and 1 x Acacia (applicants ref. T2 and T3) - Reduce back to previous points removing circa 2m growth. Bay (applicants ref. S1) - Reduce in height by 1m and shape round. (Laurel (applicants ref. H1) - Reduce in height by 4m to upper wall height, Reduce back from lawn by 2m, Reduce roadside back to boundary wall.).

Received: 9 September 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Ward: East Malling West Malling And Offham

ReceivedReceived9 Sep
ValidatedValidated9 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date21 Oct
DecidedDecided14 Oct

Decided in 35 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 165, MILL STREET, EAST MALLING, WEST MALLING, ME19 6BW. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 4 weeks quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Mill Street, East Malling conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 174 applications across East Malling West Malling And Offham. We hold 1,037 applications in total for the ME19 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: ME19 6BW
Application type: Tree Notification Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: East Malling And Larkfield

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 September 2025
Target decision date: 21 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14317860
UPRN: 100061185064
Documents: 18

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Mill Street, East Malling
Listed building: Grade II: Westbrook HouseOn this site · +1 more
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, 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.

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