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Car Parking Area Opposite 17-22 Birdwood Avenue Dartford Kent

22/00042/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 4 March 2022

Council decision: Consent for TPODelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for G1 group of 4 Lime trees (between car park spaces 63,65 and 68) reduce to create pollard knuckles for future pruning cycle to maintain size and shape on the closets tree to the house to suit location, reducing to a height of 6m with a lateral spread of 4m. The. The remaining three trees to crown raise to 3m clearing the parking bays. (currently they vary in height from 7m-12m with a crown spread of 3m-7m) subject to Tree Preservation Order No.4 1996.

Received
14 January 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bridge
  1. Received14 Jan
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.8 Feb
  4. Target11 Mar
  5. Decided4 Mar

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Car Parking Area Opposite 17-22 Birdwood Avenue Dartford Kent. Dartford has handled 239 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Dartford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Bridge.

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

Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Parished

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2022
Consultation expiry
8 February 2022
Consultation start
18 January 2022
Consultation end
8 February 2022
Neighbour consultation start
18 January 2022
Neighbour consultation end
8 February 2022
Last date for comments
8 February 2022
Target decision date
11 March 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
48 Weavers Way Ashford TN23 5DZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10546777
Documents
3
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Article 4 direction: HMO Article 4(1) Direction North Order 2025
  • Tree Preservation Order: 96/00008/TPOCovers the site
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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