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The Old Palace Bull Lane Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7RF

26/01699/TNCAApproved

Approved on 21 October 2026

Council decision: No Objection

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

2x Hybrid Poplars (applicant refs T19 and T20) -re-pollard crown back to pollard points approx 6m from the ground. 4x Hybrid Poplars (applicant refs T51, T52, T53 and T55) - reduce overall circumference of crown by up to 50% of its current crown volume

Received
14 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 27 October 2026
Ward
Pilgrims With Ightham
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated14 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Oct

Decided in 37 days

About this application

This is a planning application at The Old Palace Bull Lane Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7RF. Tonbridge has handled 6,225 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 4 weeks quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Wrotham conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 165 applications across Pilgrims With Ightham. We hold 2,787 applications in total for the TN15 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
TN15 7RF
Parish
Wrotham

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Edward Jones

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Wrotham
  • Listed building: Grade II*: The Old PalaceOn or next to this site
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, 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 2026-11-03. 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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