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Whitstable Castle Tower Hill Whitstable Kent CT5 2BW

CA/25/01766Tree Exempt Dead or DangerousApproved

Approved on 10 October 2025

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

5 day exemption -T55 - Monterey Cypress - crown lift and removal of branches and lateral limb, T56 Yew Tree - fell and T57 Holm Oak - removal of 2 limbs

Received
29 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tankerton
Agent
A. Bird Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Oct
  5. Decided10 Oct

Decided in 11 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Whitstable Castle Tower Hill Whitstable Kent CT5 2BW. Canterbury has handled 246 applications of this type. This one was decided in 11 days, 6 weeks quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in the Tankerton conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Tankerton. We hold 848 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 2BW
Application type
Tree Exempt Dead or Dangerous
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2025
Target decision date
6 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
A. Bird Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
85 Middle wall Whitstable CT5 1BW

Planning decision

Statutory period
7 days

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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.

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