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Stuart House 38 Delf Street Sandwich CT13 9HD

TC/26/00027Works to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 16 March 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Irish Yew- to reduce by 1/3 (approx 3m) Reason - large tree on boundary wall overhanging Delf Street. T2 - Holly- reducing by maximum of 1m in all directions Reason - repeat of previous pruning to maintain tree and aesthetic appeal. T3 - Silver Birch - to remove as too close to boundary wall and likely to cause damage to wall and to remove a nuisance from neighbouring property. G1 - Tree and shrubs forming hedge like screen along front boundary wall with Delf Street - to cut back all overhanging growth above Delf Street back to the vertical face of the inside of the wall.

Received
3 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sandwich
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 12 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Stuart House 38 Delf Street Sandwich CT13 9HD. Dover has handled 460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 6 weeks quicker than Dover's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 9HD
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
SANDWICH

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2026
Target decision date
15 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mark Jones Tree Surgery
Agent address
Thornton House Thornton Lane Eastry SANDWICH CT13 0EU United Kingdom

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.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Sandwich - Walled Town
  • Listed building: Grade II: Front Boundary Walling of Stuart HouseOn this site · +13 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4(2) Direction, Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1…
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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    3 Mar

    T1 - Irish Yew- to reduce by 1/3 (approx 3m) Reason - large tree on boundary wall overhanging Delf Street. T2…

    This applicationApprovedTreesTC/26/00027
  2. 2026
    27 Feb

    Internal works to include: erection of partition walls to form corridor, removal of existing & erection of…

    PendingListed building consentFiled alongside26/00184

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