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April Cottage The Leas Chestfield Kent CT5 3LB

CA/26/01044Conservation Area NoticeApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 23 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 Contorted Willow tree on front side boundary as the tree has fungal and bacterial canker which is affecting the cambium layer lower down the trunk causing sever dieback at the previous pollarded knuckles

Received
18 June 2026
Ward
Chestfield
Agent
A. Bird Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received18 Jun
  2. Validated18 Jun
  3. Consult.24 Jul
  4. Target30 Jul
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at April Cottage The Leas Chestfield Kent CT5 3LB. Canterbury has handled 1,360 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 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 3LB
Application type
Conservation Area Notice
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chestfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 June 2026
Last date for comments
24 July 2026
Target decision date
30 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.

  • 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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