The Fir Trees School Lane Blean Canterbury Kent CT2 9JA
Approved on 3 March 2020
Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Silver Birch- reduce canopy by 1/3
- Received
- 25 February 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Canterbury City Council
- Ward
- Blean Forest
- ReceivedReceived25 Feb
- ValidatedValidated25 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date7 Apr
- DecidedDecided3 Mar
Decided in 7 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at The Fir Trees School Lane Blean Canterbury Kent CT2 9JA. Canterbury has handled 1,360 applications of this type. This one was decided in 7 days, 7 weeks quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in the Blean conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Blean Forest. We hold 2,487 applications in total for the CT2 postcode area.
100% of heritage applications at Canterbury City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- CT2 9JA
- Application type
- Conservation Area Notice
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Blean
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 February 2020
- Target decision date
- 7 April 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Goodfellers Tree Surgeons
- Agent address
- 17 Westfield Blean CT2 9ER
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Blean
- Listed building: BleanOn this site
- Article 4 direction: Canterbury and surrounding area. Dated 25.02.2015 effective 25.02.2016
- 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, listed buildings, 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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202110 Mar
G1 - Group of Ash trees, at rear of the property, reduce by 30%.
ApprovedConservation Area NoticeCA/21/00612 - 201518 Aug
To fell a Eucalyptus Tree located on the rear boundary.
ApprovedConservation Area NoticeTRE/15/09568 - 201421 Jul
Front garden: 3 Fir trees and 1 Birch (approx 65 ft in height) -- removal of one tree and remaining three to…
ApprovedConservation Area NoticeTRE/14/08887
Source: Canterbury
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