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Perrin House, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8NA

NOT/2024/1720Trees in a Conservation Area - Dead or DangerousApproved

Approved on 26 September 2024

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

5-Day Tree Notification to fell a dead Silver Birch tree, next to the playground. This is urgent as it is within the playpark and there is concern about its safety to the public.

Received
13 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received13 Sep
  2. Validated13 Sep
  3. Consult.26 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Sep

Decided in 13 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Perrin House, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8NA. 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 17 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 353 applications in total for the TN27 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
TN27 8NA
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area - Dead or Dangerous
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Smarden

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 September 2024
Consultation expiry
26 September 2024
Consultation end
26 September 2024

Additional information

Documents
3

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: Smarden
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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, 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.

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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