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Land At Nutfields Ightham Sevenoaks Kent

25/02185/TPOCTree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 24 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees are on a strip of land managed by Gateway management company belonging to the Nutfields Estate G1 (Applicants ref.) Sycamore Saplings x5 - Dismantle to near ground level and treat stumps to help prevent regrowth. General management as the trees are self sown and will become a nuisance and also damage the larger TPO protected trees they are growing through. T1 Pine (Applicants ref.) - Low branch hitting garage roof when windy, prune to give approximately 2m clearance T2 Yew (Applicants ref.) - Low branches on garage, crown reduce 2-3m to tidy and shape T3 Yew (Applicants ref.) - Crown reduce rear sticking out branches by 1-2m to match rest of crown T4 Holm Oak (Applicants ref.) - Crown reduce top shoots 1-2m to contain tree T5 Yew (Applicants ref.) - Crown lift by 1m garden side T6 Holm Oak (Applicants ref.)- Tidy top sticking out shoots, crown lift by 1-2ft to just above line of hedge under tree to give hedge light to grow. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order

Received
31 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pilgrims With Ightham
  1. Received31 Dec
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Feb
  4. Target11 Mar
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 100 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land At Nutfields Ightham Sevenoaks Kent. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 114 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 165 applications across Pilgrims With Ightham.

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
Ightham

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2026
Consultation expiry
13 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
21 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
13 February 2026
Last date for comments
13 February 2026
Target decision date
11 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
TreeAbility
Agent address
Little Knoll Common Rd Ightham TN15 9DY

Planning decision

Case officer
Edward Jones
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14593851
Documents
4
Constraints
58

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

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© 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.

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