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4, Avery Cottage, North Street, Biddenden, TN27 8AQ

NOT/2026/0155Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 3 March 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 - Willow tree - Pollard to previous points. Reduce height 8m leaving finished height 20m. Reduce North facing side by 12m Leaving finished length 12m. All other orientations reduce by 8m leaving finished length 12m. Excessive shading

Received
27 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Biddenden
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4, Avery Cottage, North Street, Biddenden, TN27 8AQ. 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, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Biddenden. 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 8AQ
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Biddenden

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2026
Consultation expiry
3 March 2026
Consultation end
3 March 2026
Application expires
10 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5

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: Biddenden
  • Listed building: Grade II: 4, North StreetOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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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