Newlands Mill Lane Harbledown Kent CT2 8NQ
Approved on 12 March 2026
Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
G1) cut back overhanging branches by a maximum of 3 metres (10%) over neighbours property from group of Silver Birch trees on driveway, T8) remove stem back to trunk nearest the house from Silver Birch tree in garden.
- Received
- 4 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Canterbury City Council
- Ward
- Chartham And Stone Street
- Agent
- A. Bird Tree Surgery Ltd
- ReceivedReceived4 Feb
- ValidatedValidated4 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date18 Mar
- DecidedDecided12 Mar
Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Newlands Mill Lane Harbledown Kent CT2 8NQ. Canterbury has handled 1,360 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in the Harbledown conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 126 applications across Chartham And Stone Street. We hold 2,487 applications in total for the CT2 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
- CT2 8NQ
- Application type
- Conservation Area Notice
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Harbledown
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 18 March 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
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Harbledown
- Listed building: HarbledownOn 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.
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Planning history at this site
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202622 Jan
5 day exemption for T5-Silver birch, sectionally fell to ground located at the front boundary of the property.
ApprovedTree Exempt Dead or DangerousCA/26/00100 - 202517 Nov
T2) and T8) - removing all deadwood and cut away from telephone cables of 7 Birch trees by 0.5 - 1m along…
ApprovedConservation Area NoticeCA/25/02095 - 202311 Apr
Outdoor swimming pool in rear garden.
ApprovedFull ApplicationCA/23/00665 - 20212 Dec
T1 - Remove 2 wind blown branches in the upper crown of Birch tree along driveway to house and above public…
ApprovedTree Exempt Dead or DangerousCA/21/02920 - 202115 Apr
Fell a Leylandii hedge sited between this property and Whits End
ApprovedConservation Area NoticeCA/21/00980 - 202013 Nov
T1 Salix caprea - goat willow: Located near in the patio garden near the boundary hedge; To lift the crown of…
ApprovedConservation Area NoticeCA/20/02537 - 202023 Oct
Line of Silver Birch trees, three of which overhang the neighbours property and one of which requires a…
ApprovedConservation Area NoticeCA/20/02354
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