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High Dapple Copt Hall Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DT

26/00132/TPOCTree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 9 June 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 (Applicants ref.)- Silver Birch A -Reduce tree crown in line with line on photo dated 23.1.26, Height from 20.5m to 15m and Reshape remaining branches. T3 (Applicants ref.)- Silver Birch C- Reduce tree crown in line with line on photo dated 23.1.26, Height from 17m to 15m and Reshape remaining branches. Standing in Area A2 of Tree Preservation Order

Received
23 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pilgrims With Ightham
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.21 Mar
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided9 Jun

Decided in 106 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at High Dapple Copt Hall Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DT. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 137 days, 11 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 165 applications across Pilgrims With Ightham. We hold 2,787 applications in total for the TN15 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
TN15 9DT
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ightham

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2026
Consultation expiry
21 March 2026
Consultation end
21 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
26 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
21 March 2026
Last date for comments
21 March 2026
Target decision date
20 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
NPC Tree Surgery
Agent address
Orchard Hill Farm, Borough Green Road, Ightham, Sevenoaks TN15 9BF United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Edward Jones
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14647748
Documents
5
Constraints
59

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Tonbridge and Malling
  • 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 (20)

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, 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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