25 Barling Close Chatham Kent ME5 9RL
Approved on 27 March 2026
Delegated (officer decision)1 condition
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Proposal
1 x Ash (applicants ref. T1) - Crown by reduce 30% as specified. Standing in Group G2 of Tree Preservation Order.
- Received
- 28 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Aylesford North And North Downs
- ReceivedReceived28 Jan
- ValidatedValidated4 Feb
- Consult.Consultation8 Mar
- TargetTarget Date1 Apr
- DecidedDecided27 Mar
Decided in 51 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at 25 Barling Close Chatham Kent ME5 9RL. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 5 days quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across Aylesford North And North Downs. We hold 479 applications in total for the ME5 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
- ME5 9RL
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Aylesford
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 8 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 8 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 8 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 1 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- VSP Tree Surgery
- Agent address
- 26 Montfort Road Walderslade Chatham ME5 9EZ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Edward Jones
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14659991
- Documents
- 5
- Constraints
- 56
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (21)
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, 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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Source: Tonbridge
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