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5 The Beeches New Barn Longfield Kent DA3 7GR

20/00902/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 10 September 2020

Council decision: Consent for TPODelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for G1 to prune of the lower canopy secondary back towards the fence line on 5 The Beeches side, prune the upper canopy branches by 2m of trees overhanging 5 The Beeches of 2 No. Oak trees and 6 No. Ash trees, Remove large snapped limb from recent wind damage. Prune to offer a height clearance over Studley Crescent of at least 5m minimum and clearance over footpath of 2m minimum from ground level subject to Tree Preservation Order No.2 1962

Received
27 July 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet
  1. Received27 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.24 Aug
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided10 Sep

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 The Beeches New Barn Longfield Kent DA3 7GR. Dartford has handled 239 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Dartford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet. We hold 1,101 applications in total for the DA3 postcode area.

88% of trees applications at Dartford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DA3 7GR
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Longfield And New Barn

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2020
Consultation expiry
24 August 2020
Consultation start
3 August 2020
Consultation end
24 August 2020
Neighbour consultation start
3 August 2020
Neighbour consultation end
24 August 2020
Last date for comments
24 August 2020
Target decision date
21 September 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
114 Allington Drive Rochester ME23TA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08926310
Documents
4
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: 62/00002/TPOPart of the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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

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© 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.

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