St Marys Abbey 52 And 36 Swan Street West Malling Kent ME19 6JX
Approved on 26 February 2026
Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
2 x Apple (reference G1) reduce to previous reduction points removing circa 1m growth. 3 x Apple (G2) reduce to 0.5m past previous reduction points. 1 x Larch (T1) remove x1 lower branch growing towards private residence. Blue cedar (T2) remove x2 lower dead branches. All trees except oak in Group (G6) - visitors car park, reduce lower branches to provide approx. 3m clearance from ground level. Ash (T3), Silver birch (T4) and Lime (T6) remove major deadwood and any broken/hanging branches. Sycamore (T5) provide clearance of 0.5m from wall. Magnolia (T7) provide clearance of 1m from building. Silver birch (T8) carefully reduce lower branches to provide clearance of approximately 3m from building. 1 x Holly/Laurel (G3) provide clearance of 0.5m from wall and building. 3 x Sycamore (G4) and Cherry (T14) and Beech (T16) remove lower branches to provide clearance for mowing. 1 x Beech (T11) provide clearance of up to 1m from wall. Cherry (T12) provide clearance of 0.5m from wall as specified Cedar (T13) remove broken snapped branch) Yew (T17) reduce lower branches to provide 2m clearance over stream. Walnut (T18) remove 1 snapped branch and reduce lower branches to provide 2m clearance from ground. Oak (T20) remove x2 lower branches to provide clearance for mowing. Dead standing tree (T9), Holly (T15), Cherry (T19), 4 x Apple group (G4) and 2 x Apple (G5) all dead - fell to ground level Proposed works at 36 Swan Street. 2 x Cypress (ref: G7) - rear left boundary - reduce in height by no more than 3m to one even level Holly (ref: T21) adjacent to gate - reduce in height by 3m and shape.
- Received
- 16 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- East Malling West Malling And Offham
- ReceivedReceived16 Jan
- ValidatedValidated16 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date27 Feb
- DecidedDecided26 Feb
Decided in 41 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at St Marys Abbey 52 And 36 Swan Street West Malling Kent ME19 6JX. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 3 weeks quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the West Malling conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 177 applications across East Malling West Malling And Offham. We hold 1,037 applications in total for the ME19 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
- ME19 6JX
- Application type
- Tree Notification Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- West Malling
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 27 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 26 February 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Oast Preston Farm Shoreham Road Shoreham TN14 7UD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14626467
- Documents
- 60
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: West Malling
- Listed building: Grade II*: Church of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ and of the Blessed Virgin Mary, West…On this site · +21 more
- Scheduled monument: St Mary's Abbey: a Benedictine abbey north and east of Water LanePart of the site
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 (19)
flood storage areas, green belt, 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.
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Source: Tonbridge
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