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Chandler House 56 Quarry Hill Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2SA

26/00437/TNCATree Notification Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 22 April 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Goat willow (Salix caprea) located at the front of the property on the driveway: Create a pollard by reducing the canopy by 3.5- 4 meters to establish a suitable long-term management framework and maintain the tree at an appropriate size for its location.

Received
12 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Vauxhall
Agent
WILLIAM GORDON COUNTRYSIDE SERVICES LTD
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated12 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Apr
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 41 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Chandler House 56 Quarry Hill Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2SA. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 3 weeks quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Quarry Hill, Tonbridge conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Vauxhall. We hold 641 applications in total for the TN9 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
TN9 2SA
Application type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tonbridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 March 2026
Target decision date
23 April 2026
Permission expires
22 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
WILLIAM GORDON COUNTRYSIDE SERVICES LTD
Agent address
5 The Grange Tunbridge Wells TN30HR United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Edward Jones
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14771447
Documents
4
Constraints
44

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Quarry Hill, Tonbridge
  • 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.

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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