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Touchstones The Drive Chestfield Kent CT5 3NW

CA/26/00500Approved

Approved on 30 April 2026

Council decision: NO OBJECTION

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

Proposal

T1 - To reduce all upright branches in Willow tree back to the previous pollard knuckles (maximum 4 metres / 30%) leaving the lower crown as a weeping shape. Crown before - 13m x 10m / crown after - 9m x 10m. T1 Located in rear garden. T2 - To sectionally fell to ground level Cherry Plum tree in front garden as the property owner wishes to remove raised bed it is situated in and wants to turf the area and plant a new trees elsewhere in the garden.. T2 Located in front garden.

Submitted
26 March 2026
Ward
Chestfield
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 35 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Touchstones The Drive Chestfield Kent CT5 3NW. Canterbury has handled 6,118 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in the Chestfield conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 98 applications across Chestfield. We hold 848 applications in total for the CT5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
CT5 3NW
Parish
Chestfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Planning Team

Additional information

Documents
5

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: The Chestfield Conservation Area reg 11.10.1989
  • Listed building: The Chestfield Conservation Area reg 11.10.1989On or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

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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