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Laurean House Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB

25/00647/TPOTree Preservation OrderRefused

Refused on 22 July 2025

Council decision: Refusal TPODelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of one mature Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) tree and a replacement tree to be planted as shown on the plan using a 12-14cm Malus x robusta 'John Downie' subject to Tree Preservation Order No.1 1989

Received
9 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated9 Jun
  3. Consult.2 Jul
  4. Target4 Aug
  5. Decided22 Jul

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Laurean House Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB. Dartford has handled 239 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Dartford's typical decision time. 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 7HB
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Longfield And New Barn

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 June 2025
Consultation expiry
6 July 2025
Consultation start
11 June 2025
Consultation end
2 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
11 June 2025
Neighbour consultation end
6 July 2025
Last date for comments
6 July 2025
Target decision date
4 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
The Manor Uplowman Tiverton Devon EX16 7DW

Planning decision

Case officer
Jan Jennings
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14012235
Documents
5
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: 89/00003/TPOCovers 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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.

Source: Dartford

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