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St Lawrences Church The Street Mereworth Maidstone Kent

26/00305/TNCATree Notification Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 25 March 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1 x Oak (app. ref. T001) - Remove deadwood only. 1 x Yew (app. ref. T004) - Cut back branches overhanging the highway as specified. 1 x Holly (app. ref. T002) - Reduce in height as specified. 1 x Sycamore (app. ref. T003) - Remove and treat stump. 1 x dead Yew (app. ref. T005) - Remove. 4 x Cherry (app. ref. T006, T007, T009 and T010) - Reduce as specified and remove deadwood. 1 x Cherry (app. ref. T008) - Remove.

Received
23 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East & West Peckham Mereworth And Wbury
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Apr
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 30 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Lawrences Church The Street Mereworth Maidstone Kent. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 5 weeks quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the The Street, Mereworth conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across East & West Peckham Mereworth And Wbury.

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

Application type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mereworth (Mereworth)

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2026
Target decision date
6 April 2026
Permission expires
25 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Edward Jones
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14722260
Documents
5
Constraints
64

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: The Street, Mereworth
  • Listed building: Grade I: Church of St LawrenceOn this site · +1 more
  • Green belt: Tonbridge and Malling
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Source: Tonbridge

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