Watergate House King Street Fordwich Canterbury CT2 0DB

TRE/18/00408Conservation Area NoticeApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 23 October 2018

Council decision: NO OBJECTION

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

T2) - Winter Flowering Pear tree - to prune. T3) - Beech tree: Located to the right side of the rear garden, to reduce back several secondary branches. T4) - Variegated Holly tree - to clip out the yellow tip of the tree. T5) - Pear tree located to the rear of the property - to reduce the re-growth down to its previous cutting points. T6) - Five Lime trees: located to the end of the rear garden, on the river boundary line - to re-pollard the trees. T7) - Sorbus tree - to reduce the re-growth to its previous cutting.T8) - Catalpa tree - to reduce to it's previous cutting and remove any water shoots from the internal of the tree. T9) - Pear tree - to reduce the crown growth to its previous cutting points and tidy.

Received: 17 September 2018
Council: Canterbury City Council

ReceivedReceived17 Sep
ValidatedValidated17 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date29 Oct
DecidedDecided23 Oct

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Watergate House King Street Fordwich Canterbury CT2 0DB. 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 Fordwich conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 0DB
Application type: Conservation Area Notice
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Fordwich

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 September 2018
Target decision date: 29 October 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent: D.Parr Tree Surgeons
Agent address: Firwood Cottage Braggs Lane Herne Common CT6 7NP

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Documents: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Fordwich
Listed building: Grade II: Garden Walls to Watergate House and Watergate CottageOn this site · +4 more
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

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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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