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15 Roman Close Chatham Kent ME5 9DJ

25/02172/TPOCTree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 27 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1 x Oak (marked by green arrow on aerial image submitted by applicant and shown in applicants photos) - Crown lift to the height of the union indicated on the annotated photograph attached to the applicants email dated 25th January 2026 (Currently there are 90cm from ground level to the first branch of the tree. The proposed lifting treatment will raise the crown by an additional 1m). T1 of Tree Preservation Order.

Received
29 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Aylesford North And North Downs
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Mar
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 60 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 15 Roman Close Chatham Kent ME5 9DJ. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 4 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across Aylesford North And North Downs. We hold 479 applications in total for the ME5 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
ME5 9DJ
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Aylesford

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2026
Consultation expiry
4 March 2026
Consultation end
4 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
9 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
4 March 2026
Last date for comments
4 March 2026
Target decision date
23 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Edward Jones
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14587647
Documents
12
Constraints
46

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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, 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.

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