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Old Carriageway Access To St Michaels Church, Withyham, TN7 4BA

TM/2026/0141/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 13 July 2026

Council decision: No objections

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

MATURE YEW (T1) - PRUNE BACK OVEREXTENDED LIMBS OVERHANGING CARRIAGEWAY BY APPROXIMATELY 50% (3M) TO REDUCE BRANCH END WEIGHT AND MITIGATE RISK OF FURTHER FAILURE. TREE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS, DESIGNATED (WITHYHAM) CONSERVATION AREA, MARCH 1995/MARCH 2017

Received
24 June 2026
Ward
Withyham
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated24 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Aug
  5. Decided13 Jul

Decided in 19 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at OLD CARRIAGEWAY ACCESS TO ST MICHAELS CHURCH, WITHYHAM, TN7 4BA. Wealden has handled 1,601 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 5 weeks quicker than Wealden's typical decision time. The site is in the Withyham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Withyham. We hold 793 applications in total for the TN7 postcode area.

98% of trees applications at Wealden District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN7 4BA
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Withyham

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 June 2026
Target decision date
5 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Richard Vallis 12 Rochester Road Tonbridge TN10 4NU

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Withyham Conservation Area
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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, 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: Wealden

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