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Silver Birches 425 London Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6DB

26/00517/TPOCTree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 19 May 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

4 x Conifer (applicants ref. G1) - Reduce height to 6m. 1 x Lawson Cypress (applicants ref. T1) - Reduce height by 2-3m. 1 x Silver Birch (applicants ref. T2) - Reduce crown by 30%. All standing in Area A1 of Tree Preservation Order

Received
24 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Aylesford South And Ditton
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.14 May
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Silver Birches 425 London Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6DB. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Holtwood, Aylesford conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 125 applications across Aylesford South And Ditton. We hold 646 applications in total for the ME20 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
ME20 6DB
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ditton

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2026
Consultation expiry
14 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
21 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
14 May 2026
Last date for comments
14 May 2026
Target decision date
19 May 2026
Permission expires
19 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Tree Monkeys
Agent address
561 London Road Ditton Ditton Aylesford ME20 6DL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Edward Jones
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14800988
Documents
5
Constraints
43

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Holtwood, Aylesford
  • 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.

Source: Tonbridge

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