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1 Clacketts Farm Ryarsh Road Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JR

26/00153/TNCATree Notification Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 8 April 2026

Council decision: Permission Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1 x Field maple (T1 applicant reference) Proposal for a Crown reduction by 4.5m in height and prune the sides to balance. Height from 12m-7.5m. Spread from 8m- 5.5m. The trees proximity to the house puts the property at risk of being damaged if the tree topples during high winds. 1 x Crab apple tree (T2 applicant reference - within the garden of 2 Clacketts Farm Cottages) Proposal to reduce by approximately 50% and prune the sides to balance. Height from 12m-6m. Spread from 3.5m- 3m. Tree is standing next to T1 and encroaching through the fence of the neighbouring property.

Received
28 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Birling Leybourne And Ryarsh
  1. Received28 Jan
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Mar
  5. Decided8 Apr

Decided in 63 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Clacketts Farm Ryarsh Road Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JR. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 7 days longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Birling conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Birling Leybourne And Ryarsh. 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 5JR
Application type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Birling

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2026
Target decision date
18 March 2026
Permission expires
8 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Birling Estate
Agent address
Birling Place Stangate Road Birling West Malling ME195JN United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Edward Jones
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14659288
Documents
5
Constraints
43

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: BirlingPart of the site
  • 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, 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, 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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