Old Barrack Farm, Reading Street, Tenterden, TN30 7HT
Approved on 18 February 2026
Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T1 Mulberry Crown lift smaller diameter branches to 4m over driveway. Crown lift to 6m over highway Crown thin up to 30% Crown reduction up to 1.5m Retain habit of tree by reshaping as necessary G1 Birch Crown lift to 6m over farm track and 4m otherwise as required Crown reduce up to 3m T2 Multi Stem Willow - Remove decayed stem and limb overhanging road, for amenity and additional light towards south west side of house. (Superseded spec T1 Mulberry - 1-2m reduction through thinning, T2 Multi Stem Willow - Remove decayed stem and limb overhanging road, G1 - 4no Medium sized Silver Birch - 1-2m reduction through thinning for amenity and additional light towards south west side of house.)
- Received
- 8 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Ashford Borough Council
- Ward
- Tenterden South
- ReceivedReceived8 Jan
- ValidatedValidated15 Jan
- Consult.Consultation18 Feb
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided18 Feb
Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Old Barrack Farm, Reading Street, Tenterden, TN30 7HT. Ashford has handled 816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Tenterden South. We hold 380 applications in total for the TN30 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
- TN30 7HT
- Application type
- Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Tenterden
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 18 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 18 February 2026
- Application expires
- 26 February 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Reading Street
- National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, 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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20252 Jan
Details submitted pursuant to condition 4 (archaeological watching brief), of planning permission PA/2024/1598
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsOTH/2025/0003 - 202223 Sep
Removal of existing conservatory and construction of single storey extension; replacement of a window to…
ApprovedHouseholderPA/2022/2560
Source: Ashford
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