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Saint Marys Church Hollow Street Chislet Kent CT3 4DU

CA/26/00035Conservation Area NoticeApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 19 February 2026

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1 to T4 - To crown reduce 4 Yew trees by 20% (2-3 metres) in both height and lateral spread and shape at entrance to church yard, crown lifting to a height of 4 metres, removing deadwood within the trees, reduce back so trees are 4 metres away from the church and back inline with the church boundary wall.

Received
9 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Reculver
Agent
A. Bird Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received9 Jan
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Feb
  4. Target20 Feb
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Saint Marys Church Hollow Street Chislet Kent CT3 4DU. Canterbury has handled 1,360 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in the Chislet and Chitty conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Reculver. We hold 2,039 applications in total for the CT3 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
CT3 4DU
Application type
Conservation Area Notice
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chislet

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2026
Last date for comments
13 February 2026
Target decision date
20 February 2026

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
16

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: Chislet and Chitty
  • Listed building: Grade II: Church Cottage Manor CottageOn or next to this site
  • 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, 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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    9 Jan

    5 day exemption to remove limb and damaged stem from Sycamore tree on boundary between graveyard and school.

    ApprovedTree Exempt Dead or DangerousFiled alongsideCA/26/00032
  2. 2026
    9 Jan

    T1 to T4 - To crown reduce 4 Yew trees by 20% (2-3 metres) in both height and lateral spread and shape at…

    This applicationApprovedHeritageCA/26/00035

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