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Old Custom House 19 Upper Strand Street Sandwich CT13 9EL

TC/24/00050Works to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 5 June 2024

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Crown reduce overhanging canopy over neighbouring property by 3 metres, and crown reduce applicant's side by 2 metres of one Holly tree situated within a conservation area.

Received
26 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sandwich
  1. Received26 Apr
  2. Validated26 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Jun
  5. Decided5 Jun

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Old Custom House 19 Upper Strand Street Sandwich CT13 9EL. Dover has handled 460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Dover's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Sandwich. We hold 631 applications in total for the CT13 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
CT13 9EL
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
SANDWICH

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 April 2024
Target decision date
7 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mark Jones Tree Surgery
Agent address
Thornton House Thornton Lane Eastry Sandwich CT13 0EU

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Sandwich - Walled Town
  • Listed building: Grade II: 19 and 21, Upper Strand StreetOn this site · +5 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4(2) Direction, Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1…
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, 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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