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Conservation Area Fairlawne Shipbourne

26/00789/TNCATree Notification Conservation AreaPending Decision
Prior approval

Proposal

T1- Poplar - Fell due to storm damage. T2 and T3 - Poplars - Fell, leaning due to root heave. T4- Oak - Raise canopy to 5m over road T5- Willow - Fell due to storm damage. T6, T7, T8, T9 - Willows - pollard to 3m below previous pollarding

Received
27 April 2026
Target decision date
8 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bourne
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Jun
  5. Decided
9 weeks typical decision time in Tonbridge98% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at Conservation Area Fairlawne Shipbourne. Tonbridge has handled 1,087 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 41 days. It was submitted on 27 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Fairlawne conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 200 applications across Bourne.

Application Details

Reference
26/00789/TNCA
Address
Conservation Area Fairlawne Shipbourne
Local Authority
Tonbridge
Application Type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Registered
Ward
Bourne
Parish
Plaxtol

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Peter Clark Tree and Garden Services
Agent Address
5 Shrubshall Meadow Long Mill Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0GR

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
27 April 2026
Target Decision Date
8 June 2026
Date Validated
27 April 2026
Date Submitted
27 April 2026

Planning Decision

Decided By
Delegated
Statutory Period
42 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
3
Constraints
58
Coordinates
51.253690, 0.280734
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Tonbridge

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Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Fairlawne
  • Green belt: Tonbridge and Malling
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, 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 2026-10-09. 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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