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New Barn House New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7JF

23/01107/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 14 November 2023

Council decision: Consent for TPODelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for T47- Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse chestnut) reduce the overhang on the house side back by approximately 2.5/3m from 5m to 2.5/2m; T3- Ilex aquifolium (Holly) - Reduce elongated branches at the top back down, by no more than 1.5m to within the crown, and trim remainder to create a more aesthetically pleasing shape; T12- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Lawson cypress) Remove the low branch which leaves the main trunk at a height of 1.5m in a NNE direction in order to bring branch from close proximity to the house and remove subsequent dead branches that are now visible from removing the low branch; T11- Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse chestnut) Reduce 1x low level limb overhanging the garage to within 2.5m of the garage subject to Tree Preservation Order No. 2 1965.

Received
20 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet
  1. Received20 Sep
  2. Validated20 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Oct
  4. Target15 Nov
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at New Barn House New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7JF. Dartford has handled 239 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet. We hold 1,107 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 7JF
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Longfield And New Barn

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 September 2023
Consultation expiry
20 October 2023
Consultation start
25 September 2023
Consultation end
16 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
25 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
20 October 2023
Last date for comments
20 October 2023
Target decision date
15 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Oast Preston Farm Shoreham Road Shoreham TN14 7UD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12458840
Documents
3
Constraints
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: New Barn HouseOn this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: 65/00001/TPOProtected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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© 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.

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