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Villa Gris Nez Bay Hill St Margarets Bay CT15 6DU

25/01275Works to Trees with a TPOApproved

Approved on 29 January 2026

Council decision: Grant ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Raise crown to 5 metres above ground level and crown thin by 20% of a row of Beech the subject of Tree Preservation Order No 3 of 2023.

Received
1 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Guston Kingsdown St Margarets-at-Cliffe
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.7 Jan
  4. Target26 Jan
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Villa Gris Nez Bay Hill St Margarets Bay CT15 6DU. Dover has handled 460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Dover's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Guston Kingsdown St Margarets-at-Cliffe. 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 6DU
Application type
Works to Trees with a TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
ST MARGARETS AT CLIFFE

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025
Last date for comments
7 January 2026
Target decision date
26 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cox & Hammond Tree Surgery
Agent address
The Cottage Elms Vale Recreation Ground Elms Vale Road Dover Kent CT17 9PS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 December 2025

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St Margaret's Bay
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/23/00003Part of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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.

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