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259 Robin Hood Lane Blue Bell Hill Chatham Kent ME5 9QU

26/00294/TPOCTree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 19 February 2026

Council decision: tree works exemptDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

2 x dead Sweet Chestnut (marked as T1 and T2 in photos, aerial image and plan attached to applicants email dated 18th February 2026) - Reduce down to 3-4m high habitat poles. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order

Received
19 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Aylesford North And North Downs
  1. Received19 Feb
  2. Validated19 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Apr
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 0 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 259 Robin Hood Lane Blue Bell Hill Chatham Kent ME5 9QU. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. There has been 1 other application 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 9QU
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Aylesford

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 February 2026
Target decision date
16 April 2026
Permission expires
19 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Edward Jones
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
1
Constraints
59

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site
  • 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, 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, 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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