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Watergate House King Street Fordwich Canterbury Kent CT2 0DB

CA/22/00828Conservation Area NoticeApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 19 May 2022

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 - Willow: Reduce to a low pollard of four metres above ground level. T2 - Yew: Reduce the height of the tree by a maximum of two metres T3 - Weeping Copper Beech: Reduce the length of all lateral branches by a maximum of two metres T4 - Yew: Crown reduce all lateral branches by a maximum of 1.5 metres.

Received
13 April 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sturry
  1. Received13 Apr
  2. Validated13 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 May
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Watergate House King Street Fordwich Canterbury Kent CT2 0DB. Canterbury has handled 1,360 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in the Fordwich conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

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 0DB
Application type
Conservation Area Notice
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Fordwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 April 2022
Target decision date
25 May 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Invicta Arboriculture
Agent address
High Berwick Stone Street Lympne CT214JP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
4

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: Fordwich
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Watergate Cottage Watergate HouseOn or next to 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    7 Feb

    T1- Willow on riverbank boundary -Polllard

    ApprovedConservation Area NoticeCA/23/00214

Source: Canterbury

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