53A Westcourt Lane Shepherdswell Dover CT15 7PU
Refused on 10 December 2025
Council decision: Refuse ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Pollard to a finished height of 9 metres of one Sweet Chestnut (wrongly identified as a Horse Chestnut in the application documents) the subject of Tree Preservation No 17 of 2009. Due to recent heavy winds and the weight (bearing chestnuts) two lower limbs have snapped out, leaving the tree out of balance with a quarter of the canopy missing and causing concern. Recommend: Pollard the tree to a finishing height of 9 metres approximately.
- Received
- 14 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Dover District Council
- Ward
- Aylesham, Eythorne And Shepherdswell
- ReceivedReceived14 Oct
- ValidatedValidated15 Oct
- Consult.Consultation21 Nov
- TargetTarget Date10 Dec
- DecidedDecided10 Dec
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 53A Westcourt Lane Shepherdswell Dover CT15 7PU. Dover has handled 460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Aylesham, Eythorne And Shepherdswell. We hold 764 applications in total for the CT15 postcode area.
94% of trees applications at Dover District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- CT15 7PU
- Application type
- Works to Trees with a TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- SHEPHERDSWELL WITH COLDRED
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 21 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 10 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- KINGSTON TREE CARE
- Agent address
- Marleywood Yard Marley Lane Kingston Canterbury Kent CT4 6JJ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 31 October 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation Order: TPO/09/00017Protected tree on or next to this 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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