Torrens 39 Mill Lane Harbledown Kent CT2 8NF
Approved on 21 November 2024
Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T1 Lime Tree in rear garden - 30% reduction, T2 Sycamore tree in rear garden - rebalance by 5% removing branches crossing in front of lime tree, lift lower lateral branches to above the Yew tree (6 metres) and thin inner crown by 1 in 3 branches adjacent to T1 in rear garden , T3 Ash tree in rear garden - crown lift
- Received
- 28 October 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Canterbury City Council
- Ward
- Chartham And Stone Street
- Agent
- A. Bird Tree Surgery Ltd
- ReceivedReceived28 Oct
- ValidatedValidated28 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date9 Dec
- DecidedDecided21 Nov
Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Torrens 39 Mill Lane Harbledown Kent CT2 8NF. Canterbury has handled 1,360 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 weeks quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in the Harbledown conservation area. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 126 applications across Chartham And Stone Street. 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 8NF
- Application type
- Conservation Area Notice
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Harbledown
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 October 2024
- Target decision date
- 9 December 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- A. Bird Tree Surgery Ltd
- Agent address
- 85 Middle wall Whitstable CT5 1BW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Harbledown
- Listed building: HarbledownOn 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 (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
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202513 Mar
T3 Ash tree showing signs of ash dieback located in rear garden - fell
ApprovedConservation Area NoticeCA/25/00443 - 202527 Feb
Replacement of existing windows and doors from upvc to timber to all elevations.
ApprovedFull ApplicationCA/24/02286 - 202424 Dec
Variation of condition 2 (drawings) of planning permission CA/24/00298
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)CA/24/02285 - 202423 Feb
Single-storey rear extension following demolition of external rear canopy.
ApprovedFull ApplicationCA/24/00298 - 202310 Jul
T1 - To crown reduce Sycamore tree by 3-4 metres in height and trim sides by a maximum of 1.5 metres to shape…
ApprovedConservation Area NoticeCA/23/01286 - 202323 Mar
T1 - To crown reduce Lime tree by 4 metres in height and shape sides accordingly in rear garden leaving a 13…
ApprovedConservation Area NoticeCA/23/00552
Source: Canterbury
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