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Bigberry Farm Bigbury Road Chartham Hatch Kent CT4 7NE

CA/25/01768Tree Exempt Dead or DangerousApproved

Approved on 2 December 2025

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

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

Proposal

TPO 8 1987 T1 Beech (Fagus sylvatica) 17m High: Dismantle and remove the majority of the crown back to the main rown break, retaining approximately 6m of main stem as a standing habitat monolith.

Received
29 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chartham And Stone Street
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Oct
  5. Decided2 Dec

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Bigberry Farm Bigbury Road Chartham Hatch Kent CT4 7NE. Canterbury has handled 246 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Canterbury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 130 applications across Chartham And Stone Street. We hold 1,905 applications in total for the CT4 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
CT4 7NE
Application type
Tree Exempt Dead or Dangerous
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chartham

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2025
Target decision date
6 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
South East Tree Works
Agent address
1 Cross Street Canterbury CT2 8AT

Planning decision

Statutory period
7 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 14/1990/CHA
  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

Source: Canterbury

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