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20 - 21 Shipbourne Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3DN

26/00418/TNCATree Notification Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 21 May 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Bay tree 1 - crown reduction of approximately 30% along with lateral trimming to the sides up to approximately 2m. Bay tree 2- modest height reduction approximately 20-30% and side trimming up to 2m. Bay tree 3 - similar maintenance works consisting of a 20% -30% reduction of the crown and side trimming up to 2m

Received
10 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cage Green And Angel
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 May
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 41 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 20 - 21 Shipbourne Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3DN. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 9 days longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Tonbridge conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 118 applications across Cage Green And Angel. We hold 167 applications in total for the TN10 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
TN10 3DN
Application type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tonbridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 April 2026
Target decision date
22 May 2026
Permission expires
21 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Edward Jones
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14763458
Documents
4
Constraints
49

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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.

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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