Sunnyside, The Street, Bethersden, TN26 3AD
Approved on 6 December 2024
Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
W6 - twisted willow. Tree stands around 13m tall with the rough lateral branch length of 5m Proposal reduce height by 3m down to 10m and reduce the lateral branches by 1.5m to 3.5m. W2 -willow tree. Proposal to reduce the lateral branches by around 4m to give clearance to neighbouring property reduce from 7m to 3m this will clear the building and improve balance to the tree. W3 dead willow. To reduce down in height from around 18m to 10m to lower pollard points (Exempt)
- Received
- 4 November 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Ashford Borough Council
- Ward
- Weald Central
- ReceivedReceived4 Nov
- ValidatedValidated11 Nov
- Consult.Consultation6 Dec
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided6 Dec
Decided in 25 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Sunnyside, The Street, Bethersden, TN26 3AD. Ashford has handled 816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Weald Central. 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 3AD
- Application type
- Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bethersden
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 November 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 6 December 2024
- Consultation end
- 6 December 2024
- Application expires
- 23 December 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13534852
- 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 (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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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