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Penbourne House The Leas Chestfield Kent CT5 3LB

CA/25/01410Tree Exempt Dead or DangerousApproved

Approved on 14 August 2025

Council decision: Tree exempt dead or dangerousDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

5 day exemption, remove Portuguese laurel tree in the rear garden.

Received
7 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chestfield
  1. Received7 Aug
  2. Validated7 Aug
  3. Consult.13 Aug
  4. Target14 Aug
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 7 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Penbourne House The Leas Chestfield Kent CT5 3LB. Canterbury has handled 246 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 Chestfield conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 98 applications across Chestfield. We hold 846 applications in total for the CT5 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
CT5 3LB
Application type
Tree Exempt Dead or Dangerous
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chestfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 August 2025
Last date for comments
13 August 2025
Target decision date
14 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hythe Garden Landscapes
Agent address
Kings Yard The Street Kingston Canterbury CT4 6JQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
7 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: The Chestfield Conservation Area reg 11.10.1989
  • Listed building: The Chestfield Conservation Area reg 11.10.1989On or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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.

Source: Canterbury

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