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20 Carroll Gardens Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6NQ

26/00001/TPOCTree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 9 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

6 x Sycamore (applicants ref. T1 - T6) - Reduce height to approx. 12m-14m and radial spread by up to 4m. Standing in group G1 of Tree Preservation Order.

Received
2 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Larkfield
  1. Received2 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.7 Feb
  4. Target10 Mar
  5. Decided9 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 20 Carroll Gardens Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6NQ. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 3 days longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Larkfield. We hold 648 applications in total for the ME20 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
ME20 6NQ
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Malling And Larkfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2026
Consultation expiry
7 February 2026
Consultation end
7 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
15 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
7 February 2026
Last date for comments
7 February 2026
Target decision date
10 March 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Edward Jones
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14595360
Documents
6
Constraints
47

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

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, 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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