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8 Cornwallis Circle Whitstable Kent CT5 1DU

CA/26/00967Conservation Area NoticeApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 9 July 2026

Council decision: NO OBJECTION

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

Proposal

T1 - To sectionally fell to ground level Laurel tree by house in rear garden as it is showing signs of disease and the vitality is weak and evidence of beetle can be found on the trunk T2 - To crown reduce Sycamore tree by 3 metres (30%) in both height and lateral spread and shape in rear garden. Crown before 13m x 9m / crown after 10m x 6m. Affecting neighbouring gardens. T3 - To sectionally fell to ground level Elder tree on rear boundary. The tree is self sown and beginning to bind and rub the roots of 2nd sycamore tree.

Received
8 June 2026
Ward
Gorrell
Agent
A. Bird Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received8 Jun
  2. Validated8 Jun
  3. Consult.10 Jul
  4. Target20 Jul
  5. Decided9 Jul

Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 8 Cornwallis Circle Whitstable Kent CT5 1DU. Canterbury has handled 1,360 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 weeks quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitstable Town conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 177 applications across Gorrell. We hold 846 applications in total for the CT5 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
CT5 1DU
Application type
Conservation Area Notice
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 June 2026
Last date for comments
10 July 2026
Target decision date
20 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
A. Bird Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
85 Middle wall Whitstable CT5 1BW

Planning decision

Case officer
Planning Team
Statutory period
42 days

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.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Whitstable Town
  • Listed building: Whitstable TownOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Dwelling houses in Whitstable Town Conservation Area
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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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