42 The Old Yews Longfield Kent DA3 7JS
Approved on 9 June 2025
Council decision: Consent for TPODelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for Mature Leyland Cypress screen to reduce the height to approximately 6-7m to even level, reduce/trim both sides hard back whilst retaining green foliage throughout, reduce both ends hard back by approximately 50% as per annotated photo and fell the single Cypress tree, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.5 1973
- Received
- 22 April 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Dartford Borough Council
- Ward
- Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet
- ReceivedReceived22 Apr
- ValidatedValidated8 May
- Consult.Consultation30 May
- TargetTarget Date3 Jul
- DecidedDecided9 Jun
Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 42 The Old Yews Longfield Kent DA3 7JS. Dartford has handled 239 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Dartford's typical decision time. The site is in the Sibson conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. 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 1,107 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 7JS
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Longfield And New Barn
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 3 June 2025
- Consultation start
- 9 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 30 May 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 May 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 June 2025
- Last date for comments
- 3 June 2025
- Target decision date
- 3 July 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Katie Gill
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13958285
- Documents
- 4
- Constraints
- 24
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation Order: 73/00009/TPOPart of the site
- 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.
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