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39-40 St Margaret's Street Canterbury Kent CT1 2TX

CA/23/01366Conservation Area NoticeApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 16 August 2023

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Betula utilis - Himalayan birch: located in the courtyard garden to the rear, reduce the crown by 2.5-3.5 metres from the branch tips height reduced from 14m to 11.5-12m and radial spread from 8m to 5.5-6m, T's 2&3 Ilex aquifolium - two Holly trees, one either side of the main entrance;- remove up to 1m from the growth tips,height reduced from 5m to 4 and spread from 2m to 1.5m approx.

Received
21 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westgate
Agent
About Trees Ltd
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided16 Aug

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 39-40 St Margaret's Street Canterbury Kent CT1 2TX. Canterbury has handled 1,360 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in the Canterbury City conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 191 applications across Westgate. We hold 556 applications in total for the CT1 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
CT1 2TX
Application type
Conservation Area Notice
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2023
Target decision date
1 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
About Trees Ltd
Agent address
Ebb House 11 St Swithins Road Whitstable CT5 2HT

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5

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: CANTERBURY CITY (Canterbury Conservation Area) Reg 4.12.96
  • Listed building: Grade II: 39, St Margaret'S StreetOn or next to this site · +3 more
  • 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.

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