Melville House, The Street, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AE
Approved
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Description: T1 - Young dead Cypress tree on front lawn T2 - Fell heavily declining corkscrew willow on lawn adjacent. T3 - Fell Irish yew. T4 Fell group of mixed conifers.
- Received
- 30 December 2010
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Ashford Borough Council
- ReceivedReceived30 Dec
- ValidatedValidated15 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a tree application at Melville House, The Street, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AE. Ashford has handled 816 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 15 December 2010 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 17 other applications at this address. We hold 1,825 applications in total for the TN26 postcode area.
99% of trees applications at Ashford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- TN26 3AE
- Application type
- Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bethersden
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 December 2010
- Consultation start
- 31 December 2010
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Bethersden
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.
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Planning history at this site
17 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201928 Oct
Discharge of condition 2: Tiles
ApprovedDischarge of conditions18/01835/CONC/AS - 20199 Oct
Discharge of condition 2 (bricks)
ApprovedDischarge of conditions18/01835/CONB/AS - 201930 Jul
Discharge of condition 3
ApprovedDischarge of conditions18/01835/CONA/AS - 201820 Dec
Demolition of existing conservatory and proposed replacement sunroom
ApprovedListed building consent18/01835/AS - 201820 Dec
Demolition of existing conservatory and proposed replacement sunroom
ApprovedFull planning permission18/01834/AS - 20131 Mar
Description: T1 Lebanese Cedar - Reduce width of crown by up to 15% to west over neighbouring garden and…
ApprovedTrees13/00047/TC - 201217 Sep
Description: To remove one holly (T1) and prune back other trees overhanging the eastern bounday
ApprovedTrees12/00147/TC - 20125 Jul
Discharge of conditions 3 & 4
ApprovedDischarge of conditions11/01170/CONA/AS - 201129 Sep
Removal and replacement of two fireplace mantelpieces and grates to ground floor.
ApprovedListed building consent11/01170/AS - 201115 Aug
Description: To fell one holly (T1) within front hedge.1,, Reason for work - , Works Approved? - , Approved…
ApprovedTrees11/00129/TC - 20114 May
Discharge of condition 2
ApprovedDischarge of conditions09/00538/CONA/AS - 201011 Nov
Description: T1 - Cedar - Reduce and reshape by 25% on southern and western aspects, lift to 4m secondary and…
ApprovedTrees10/00177/TC - 20091 Sep
Removal of internal partition wall on the first floor at the rear of the property
ApprovedListed building consent09/01061/AS - 200928 Aug
Repair of floor joists on the first floor at the rear of the property
ApprovedListed building consent09/01058/AS - 200919 May
Installation of external box for burglar alarm system
ApprovedListed building consent09/00558/AS - 200914 May
Remove plastic sections of existing soil stack at rear of property, replace with cast iron sections Removal…
ApprovedListed building consent09/00538/AS - 200627 Jun
2 x bathrooms to second floor - Retrospective
ApprovedListed building consent06/01176/AS
Source: Ashford
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