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Land South Of Tennis Courts And North Of Crispin Way Kings Hill West Malling Kent

25/02161/TPOCTree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 13 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Proposal

Veteran beech tree T1 (Applicants ref.)- To reduce length of low lateral to east by up to 6.0 metres. To reduce crown/canopy extent by up to 2.0 metres branch length all around. To reduce upper crown by up to 3.0 metres branch length. To coppice one sweet chestnut to southeast of tree T1. Works to accord with veteran tree management principles. To improve ground conditions through hand picking stone materials and provision of bark mulch. To enclose rooting area with low cleft chestnut kick rail. Standing in W1 of Tree Preservation Order

Received
23 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kings Hill
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided13 Apr

Decided in 111 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land South Of Tennis Courts And North Of Crispin Way Kings Hill West Malling Kent. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 7 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Kings Hill.

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

Application type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kings Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2025
Target decision date
17 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Mr Ben Larkham 3 Princes Street Tunbridge Wells TN2 4SL

Planning decision

Case officer
Edward Jones
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14585517
Documents
6
Constraints
47

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Ancient woodland: Kate Reed Wood
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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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