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Godiinton House, Godinton Lane, Hothfield, TN23 3BP

OTH/2024/0789Tree Preservation Order - works relatedApproved

Approved on 5 June 2024

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

0432 - Common Oak. Reduce lateral limbs by 5 metres. Remove deadwood. 0470 - European Larch. Remove major deadwood. 0704 - Sweet Chestnut. Remove faulted stems. 0725 - Common Ash. Fell to safe height. 0732 - Sweet Chestnut. Remove faulted stems. 0741 - Ash. Fell to safe height. 0746 - Sweet Chestnut. Re-coppice. 0748 - Common Ash. Fell to safe height. 0753 - Common Ash. Sever/remove ivy. 0760 - Sweet Chestnut. Fell to ground level. 0766 - Common Ash. Fell to safe height. 0771 - Common Ash. Fell to safe height. 0772 - Sweet Chestnut. Fell to ground level. 0773 - Common Hornbeam. Coppice to 0.5metre stumps. 0780 - Mixed Species. Fell to ground level. 0787 - Sweet Chestnut. Fell to safe height. 0790 - Common Oak. Remove epicormic growth. 0799 - Sweet Chestnut. Fell to ground level. 0924 - Common Hornbeam. Coppice to 1metre stumps. 0925 - Common Hornbeam. Coppice to 0.5metre stumps. 0926 - Common Hornbeam. Coppice to 0.5metre stumps. 0930 - Common Ash. Fell to safe height. 0932 - Common Hornbeam. Fell to safe height. 0935 - Common Hornbeam. Coppice. 0943 - Common Hornbeam. Coppice to 0.5metre stumps. 0948 - Hornbeam. Coppice to 1metre stumps. All works as recommended in March 2024 Tree Survey Report.

Received
23 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Godinton;Repton
  1. Received23 Apr
  2. Validated23 Apr
  3. Consult.5 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Jun

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Godiinton House, Godinton Lane, Hothfield, TN23 3BP. Ashford has handled 816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 181 applications in total for the TN23 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
TN23 3BP
Application type
Tree Preservation Order - works related
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central Ashford

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 April 2024
Consultation expiry
5 June 2024
Consultation end
5 June 2024
Application expires
18 June 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13003875
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.

  • Listed building: Grade I: GodintonOn or next to this site
  • Registered park and garden: Godinton Park
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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

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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