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18 River Meadows River Dover CT17 0XA

TC/24/00136Works to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 19 December 2024

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Crown reduce by approximately 3 metres (back to no further than previous pruning points), prune back lower lateral branches by approximately 2 metres and crown thin by approximately 5% of two Beech trees situated within a conservation area.

Received
4 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dover Downs And River
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Dec
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 18 River Meadows River Dover CT17 0XA. Dover has handled 460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Dover's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Dover Downs And River. We hold 592 applications in total for the CT17 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
CT17 0XA
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
RIVER

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2024
Target decision date
16 December 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: River
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old VicarageOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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