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Smeeth Cottage, Church Road, Smeeth, TN25 6SA

NOT/2025/1862Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 11 November 2025

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lime Tree - 20m crown reduction , lowering to approximately 4 meters in height from ground level. Reason for works - Safety for pedestrians, traffic and residents close by.

Received
7 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bircholt
  1. Received7 Oct
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.11 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Nov

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Smeeth Cottage, Church Road, Smeeth, TN25 6SA. Ashford has handled 816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Bircholt. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the TN25 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
TN25 6SA
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Smeeth

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2025
Consultation expiry
11 November 2025
Consultation end
11 November 2025
Application expires
24 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14374673
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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.

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Source: Ashford

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