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The Ingle School Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QD

25/02025/TNCATree Notification Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 13 February 2026

Council decision: 6 week expired TNCADelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 (Applicants ref) Norway Spruce - Fell - replace with native species. T2 (Applicants ref) Yew - Fell - replace with native species. T3 (Applicants ref) Turkey oak - Pollard, reduce the crown by 4-5m to create a high pollard- T4 (Applicants ref) Sycamore- Pollard, reduce the crown by 4-5m to create a high pollard. T5 (Applicants ref) - Hazel - Coppice to maintain easy access around the side of the property and to reduce shading. T6 (Applicants ref) Coppice to maintain easy access around the side of the property and to reduce shading. T7 (Applicants ref) Hornbeam- Reduce back to previous pruning points as part of regular maintenance/ keeping the specimen a suitable size for its position

Received
3 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bourne
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Jan
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 72 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Ingle School Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QD. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 9 days longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Plaxtol conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 186 applications across Bourne. We hold 2,787 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 0QD
Application type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Plaxtol

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2025
Target decision date
14 January 2026
Permission expires
13 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Mr William Gordon 5 The Grange Tunbridge Wells TN3 0HR

Planning decision

Case officer
Edward Jones
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14536205
Documents
4
Constraints
57

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Plaxtol
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • 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, 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, 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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