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South Aylesford Retail Park Quarry Wood Industrial Estate Aylesford Kent

26/00453/TPOCTree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 5 June 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

12 x Ash, 5 x Field Maple, 10 x Sycamore, 5 x Wild Cherry, 25 x Hawthorn and 10 x Norway Maple (applicants ref. G002) - Crown lift to 3m for pedestrian clearance. 1 x Hazel (applicants ref. T058) - Coppice to ground level. All standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order.

Received
16 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Aylesford South And Ditton
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated21 Apr
  3. Consult.15 May
  4. Target16 Jun
  5. Decided5 Jun

Decided in 45 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at South Aylesford Retail Park Quarry Wood Industrial Estate Aylesford Kent. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 3 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 125 applications across Aylesford South And Ditton.

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 Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Aylesford

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 April 2026
Consultation expiry
15 May 2026
Consultation end
15 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
22 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
15 May 2026
Last date for comments
15 May 2026
Target decision date
16 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
John O'Conner GM
Agent address
2 Great North Road Welwyn AL6 0PL

Planning decision

Case officer
Edward Jones
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14779175
Documents
7
Constraints
59

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Holtwood, AylesfordNext to 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.

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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