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Willowfields 158 Lavenders Road West Malling Kent ME19 6HR

26/01272/TNCATree Notification Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 6 August 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T3, Mature Oak in rear garden - thin approx. 20% of the total crown mass and remove deadwood. T4, Mature Ash tree on rear boundary line - reduce lowest lateral on the south western side of the canopy from 9 metres radial spread to 6 metres. T5, Mature Pine - remove deadwood. T6, 2 x Portuguese Laurels - remove dead upper canopy and halo the building to provide 0.5 metres clearance. T7, Mature Robinia in rear garden - reduce canopy from height of 18 metres to 15.5 metres, Northern radial spread of 9.5 metres to 8 metres, Eastern and Southern radial spread of 10 metres to 8 metres and Western radial spread of 9 metres to 8 metres. T11, semi mature Birch in front garden - reduce height from 13 metres to 10 metres, Northern and Eastern radial spread of 5 metres to 3.5metres, Southern and Western radial spread of 5.5 metres to 4 metres. T14 mature Corsican Pine in front garden - reduce the extended lateral branch on the North Western side of the upper canopy from 13 metres radial spread to 10 metres.

Received
6 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Malling West Malling And Offham
Agent
Broadleaf Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received6 Jul
  2. Validated6 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Aug
  5. Decided6 Aug

Decided in 31 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Willowfields 158 Lavenders Road West Malling Kent ME19 6HR. Tonbridge has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 5 weeks quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the New Barns and Broadwater Farm conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 174 applications across East Malling West Malling And Offham. We hold 1,037 applications in total for the ME19 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
ME19 6HR
Application type
Tree Notification Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Malling

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 July 2026
Target decision date
17 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Broadleaf Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
Nupkins Blind Lane Bredhurst ME73JR

Planning decision

Case officer
Edward Jones
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15059328
Documents
3
Constraints
57

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: New Barns and Broadwater Farm
  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    9 Jul

    1 x dead Silver Birch, 1 x dead Willow, 1 x dead Cherry and 1 x dead Plum (applicants ref. T1, T2, T8 and…

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation AreaFiled alongside26/01297/TNCA
  2. 2026
    6 Jul

    T3, Mature Oak in rear garden - thin approx. 20% of the total crown mass and remove deadwood. T4, Mature Ash…

    This applicationApprovedTrees26/01272/TNCA

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