Tamarisk, Church Lane, Hothfield, Ashford, TN26 1EL
Approved on 19 December 2025
Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T1-Ash - Crown reduction to previous reduction points, removing 3.5 to 4 meters. The tree is outgrowing its environment and growing onto the wall and causing excessive shedding in the garden, and unions from previous reductions are showing weakness.
- Received
- 24 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Ashford Borough Council
- Ward
- Upper Weald
- ReceivedReceived24 Nov
- ValidatedValidated24 Nov
- Consult.Consultation19 Dec
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided19 Dec
Decided in 25 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Tamarisk, Church Lane, Hothfield, Ashford, TN26 1EL. Ashford has handled 816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 4 weeks quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Upper Weald. 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 1EL
- Application type
- Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hothfield
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 19 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 19 December 2025
- Application expires
- 5 January 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14514334
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Hothfield
- 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 (22)
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, 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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© 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.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20177 Nov
Description: T1 Beech - fell
ApprovedTrees17/00260/TC - 201628 Oct
Description: Ash (T1) - overall reduction and shaping by 2m; Maple (T2) - shape and balance by 1.5m; Crab…
ApprovedConsent under Tree Preservation Orders16/00221/TC - 201527 May
Discharge condition 3
ApprovedDischarge of conditions15/00431/CONA/AS - 201531 Mar
Proposed extensions to front, side and rear and and extension to create an ancillary annex. (Revised scheme…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission15/00431/AS - 20148 Oct
Proposed extensions to front, side and rear and internal alterations
ApprovedListed building consent14/01286/AS - 20148 Oct
Proposed extensions to front, side and rear and extension to create an ancillary annex
ApprovedFull Planning Permission14/01285/AS
Source: Ashford
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