The Red House 1 Old Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PL
Approved on 9 April 2026
Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 (Applicants ref) - Lime- reduce to 14m in height and 4m radial crown spread (using previous reduction points as a guide), T2 (Applicants ref) - 2x Yews- reduce radial crown spread to 13m in height and 6n 5e 4s 5w radial crown spread (no change to crown spread overhanging road), T3 (Applicants ref) - Conifer hedge- reduce to 3m in height and T4 (Applicants ref)- Cherry- Fell to ground level (tree in poor condition). Works are desired to increase light into the front of the property and the rear garden.
- Received
- 26 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- East & West Peckham Mereworth And Wbury
- Agent
- Hood's Tree Services Ltd
- ReceivedReceived26 Feb
- ValidatedValidated26 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date9 Apr
- DecidedDecided9 Apr
Decided in 42 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Red House 1 Old Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PL. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 3 weeks quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Wateringbury conservation area. 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. We hold 199 applications in total for the ME18 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
- ME18 5PL
- Application type
- Tree Notification Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wateringbury
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 9 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Hood's Tree Services Ltd
- Agent address
- 20 Church Street Boughton Monchelsea ME17 4HW
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Edward Jones
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14736012
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 56
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: WateringburyPart 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 (21)
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, 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.
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