26 South Canterbury Road Canterbury Kent CT1 3LJ
Approved on 11 December 2025
Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T1, Beech (Fagus sylvatica):Crown reduction by approximately 30%,, reduce lateral spread proportionately to maintain a balanced, natural crown form, T2 , Box Elder (Acer negundo), prune back one lateral branch by approximately 1.5 m to rebalance the crown. T3, Multi-stemmed Bay (Laurus nobilis) Fell to as close to ground level as practicable in preparation for stump grinding, T4, Magnolia, reduce height by approximately 1.5 m to achieve a final height of around 4.5 m,T5 ,Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo),reduce height by approximately 1.5 m,Prune back growth on the house side by approximately 1.5 m to provide clearance, retain screening on the roadside, reducing width from 5 m to approximately 3.5 in rear garden.
- Received
- 17 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Canterbury City Council
- Ward
- Wincheap
- ReceivedReceived17 Nov
- ValidatedValidated17 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date29 Dec
- DecidedDecided11 Dec
Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at 26 South Canterbury Road Canterbury Kent CT1 3LJ. 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 Nunnery Fields, Canterbury conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Wincheap. 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 3LJ
- Application type
- Conservation Area Notice
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 29 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- South East Tree Works
- Agent address
- 1 Cross Street Canterbury CT2 8AT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: NUNNERY FIELDS (Canterbury Conservation Area) registered 12.11.1998
- Listed building: NUNNERY FIELDS (Canterbury Conservation Area) registered 12.11.1998On 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.
Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences
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© 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.
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