Willowfields 158 Lavenders Road West Malling Kent ME19 6HR
Approved on 6 August 2026
Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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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
- ReceivedReceived6 Jul
- ValidatedValidated6 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date17 Aug
- DecidedDecided6 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
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.
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ApprovedTree Notification Conservation AreaFiled alongside26/01297/TNCA - 20266 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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