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Playing Fields Tonbridge School, High Street, Tonbridge, TN9 1JP

25/01964/PATree Notification Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 18 December 2025

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1 Lime (Tilia X Europea) - Reduce to 10m - Several Ganoderma brackets observed on the stem - Visible cavities in the stem - Reduction aims to reduce sail and leverage on potentially compromised stem.

Received
24 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Judd
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Jan
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 24 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at PLAYING FIELDS TONBRIDGE SCHOOL, HIGH STREET, TONBRIDGE, TN9 1JP. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 6 weeks quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Tonbridge conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Judd. We hold 641 applications in total for the TN9 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
TN9 1JP
Application type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tonbridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2025
Target decision date
5 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14513962
UPRN
10002913671
Documents
4

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
  • Green belt: Tonbridge and Malling
  • 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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    24 Nov

    T1 Lime (Tilia X Europea) - Reduce to 10m - Several Ganoderma brackets observed on the stem - Visible…

    This applicationApprovedTrees25/01964/PA
  2. 2025
    24 Nov

    T1 Lime (Tilia X Europea) - Reduce to 10m - Several Ganoderma brackets observed on the stem - Visible…

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation AreaFiled alongside25/01964/TNCA

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    16 Sep

    1 x Scots Pine (applicants ref. T1819 - with fungal bracket at base) - Fell.

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area25/01562/TNCA
  2. 2025
    16 Sep

    1 x Scots Pine (applicants ref. T1819 - with fungal bracket at base) - Fell.

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area25/01562/PA
  3. 2025
    11 Jul

    1 x Chestnut (standing in location of green spot on applicants annotated aerial image) - Remove

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area25/01180/PA
  4. 2025
    11 Jul

    1 x Chestnut (standing in location of green spot on applicants annotated aerial image) - Remove

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area25/01180/TNCA
  5. 2024
    30 Aug

    1 x Ash (On the Welldon/Smythe House Boundary but in the Smythe House Garden. 45 London Road TN10 3AD), 1 x…

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area24/01406/PA

Source: Tonbridge

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