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3 Old School Close Sturry Canterbury Kent CT2 0TW

CA/22/00638Works to a tree with a TPOApproved

Approved on 9 May 2022

Council decision: GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T.P.O. no 3 1986 - T1) - Sycamore tree located to the rear left boundary line, selective pruning, to remove first four low branches on the lawn side of the tree, to reduce back the outer canopy of the tree to its previous cutting points (15% regrowth) and the removal of any major deadwood. T2) - Ash tree located to the front lawn area, crown reduction of 30%.

Received
21 March 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sturry
  1. Received21 Mar
  2. Validated21 Mar
  3. Consult.22 Apr
  4. Target16 May
  5. Decided9 May

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 Old School Close Sturry Canterbury Kent CT2 0TW. Canterbury has handled 246 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Sturry. We hold 2,485 applications in total for the CT2 postcode area.

96% of trees 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 0TW
Application type
Works to a tree with a TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sturry

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 March 2022
Last date for comments
22 April 2022
Target decision date
16 May 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
D.Parr Tree Surgeons
Agent address
Firwood Cottage Braggs Lane Herne Common Herne Bay CT6 7NP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Canterbury and surrounding area. Dated 25.02.2015 effective 25.02.2016
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 3/1986/STUCovers the site
  • 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, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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