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Jubilee Field, Wittersham

OTH/2025/2330Tree Preservation Order - works relatedApproved

Approved on 4 February 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T3 Oak - Reduce the western aspect of the crown by 2-3m to good growth points, leaving a rounded crown profile. Reason for works - Encroachment and excessive shading. By carrying out the above mentioned specification it will allow sufficient clearance to property and abate both issues.

Received
16 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Isle of Oxney
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated16 Dec
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Jubilee Field, Wittersham. Ashford has handled 816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Isle of Oxney. We hold 377 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 7QD
Application type
Tree Preservation Order - works related
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wittersham

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 December 2025
Consultation expiry
4 February 2026
Consultation end
4 February 2026
Application expires
10 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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.

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