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Tesco Stores Ltd, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7LN

OTH/2025/0225Tree Preservation Order - works relatedApproved

Approved on 15 April 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T10 & T11 - Cypress trees - dead and fell to ground level to replace. T121 & T122 - Downey Birch Trees - fell to ground level due to a number of issues - to be replaced. T123 - Salix spp. (Willow species) - Crown lift to 3 metres due to; Low branches, minor dead wood and narrow forks with included bark. T124 - Betula pendula (Silver Birch) - Crown lift to 3 metres due to: Ivy or climbing plants on main stem T-125 - Willow species -pollard to previous pollarding points and coppice stems - Current height 7m after works 5m. T153 - Himalayan Birch - dead -fell to 50mm above ground level to be replaced. T152- common Lime - crown lift to 3m, remove broken limb and cut back branches encroaching property by 2m. T153 - Himalayan Birch - fell dead tree to be replaced. T154 - Downy Birch - fell dead tree to be replaced. T155 - Silver Birch - cutting back from street furniture current crown diameter 9m, crown reduce by 2m. New crown diameter 7m overall spread.

Received
7 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tenterden South
  1. Received7 Feb
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.15 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Apr

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Tesco Stores Ltd, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7LN. Ashford has handled 816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. 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 7LN
Application type
Tree Preservation Order - works related
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tenterden

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2025
Consultation expiry
15 April 2025
Consultation end
15 April 2025
Application expires
28 April 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13759111
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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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