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The Oast House, Lacton Oast, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0JF

NOT/2023/1974Trees in a Conservation Area - Dead or DangerousApproved

Approved on 6 November 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposed emergency felling of dangerous sycamore situated in a conservation area

Received
24 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Willesborough
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated25 Oct
  3. Consult.6 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Nov

Decided in 12 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Oast House, Lacton Oast, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0JF. Ashford has handled 816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 6 weeks quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Willesborough. We hold 1,417 applications in total for the TN24 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
TN24 0JF
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area - Dead or Dangerous
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 October 2023
Consultation expiry
6 November 2023
Consultation end
6 November 2023

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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.

Source: Ashford

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