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Land Parcel 1 Freelands Road Snodland Kent

26/00057/TPOCTree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 8 April 2026

Council decision: Permission Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1 x Norway Maple (applicants ref. T1 - standing adjacent to garden of 9 Freelands Road) - Reduce by 30%. Standing in Group G5 of Tree Preservation Order.

Received
15 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Snodland West And Holborough Lakes
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target6 Apr
  5. Decided8 Apr

Decided in 58 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land Parcel 1 Freelands Road Snodland Kent. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 3 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Snodland West And Holborough Lakes.

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
Snodland

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Consultation expiry
5 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
10 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
5 March 2026
Last date for comments
5 March 2026
Target decision date
6 April 2026
Permission expires
8 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Edward Jones
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

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

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© 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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