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Land north east of Soles Hill Farm, Soleshill Road, Chilham

OTH/2026/0160Hedgerow removal noticeApproved

Approved on 13 March 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

The hedgerow consists of a single-species beech and has become very overgrown and impacts the land through shading, reducing the effective area of productive cropping. The proposed removal is intended to improve the layout and management of the field and to make more efficient use of the agricultural land, while retaining the wider network of boundary hedgerows and landscape features elsewhere on the holding.

Received
27 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land north east of Soles Hill Farm, Soleshill Road, Chilham. Ashford has handled 816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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

Application type
Hedgerow removal notice
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chilham

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2026
Consultation expiry
13 March 2026
Consultation end
13 March 2026
Application expires
17 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
6

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: Chilham
  • Listed building: Grade II: Cumberland HouseOn or next to this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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, 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.

Source: Ashford

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