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The Parsonage The Street Goodnestone CT3 1PJ

TC/26/00044Works to Trees in a Conservation AreaAwaiting decision
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Proposal

T1 - Cherry - located in lower garden (by trampoline) - to remove tree including stump - Reason - tree-scape too dense and to increase light to other trees to be retained. T2 - Silver Birch - lower in lower garden (by hedge - to remove tree including stump - Reason - tree-scape too dense and to increase light to other trees to be retained. T3 - Beech - lower in the lower garden by rear boundary - to crown lift to 6m and to crown reduce by 3m (maximum) - Reason - tree-scape too dense and to increase light to other trees to be retained. T4 - Magnolia - located in the lower garden - to crown lift to 2m and crown reduce by 2m - Reason - to improve shape and form and to improve light to surrounding remaining tree stock. T5 - Hazel - located to the right hand side of lower garden - to re-coppice - Reason - repeat arboricultural management of tree and as older stems failing and to maintain tree and manage positively. T6 - Hazel - located to the right hand side in the 'middle garden' (house side of the dividing hedge) - to reduce by pollarding to 50% of current height and to remove 30% of older stems. Reason - to re-invigorate tree and manage positively whilst maintaining a screen and aesthetic appeal to garden tree-scape. G1 - Row of mixed species trees forming boundary in lower garden to left hand boundary - to cut back overhanging canopies to the boundary and to crown reduce by up to 3m (30%). Reason - to remove nuisance from overhanging canopies and to improve light to both gardens at this location.

Received
12 April 2026
Decision due
25 May 2026
Ward
Little Stour And Ashstone
  1. Received12 Apr
  2. Validated13 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 May
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a tree application at The Parsonage The Street Goodnestone CT3 1PJ. Dover has handled 460 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 12 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across Little Stour And Ashstone. We hold 2,037 applications in total for the CT3 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
CT3 1PJ
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
GOODNESTONE

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 April 2026

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
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Goodnestone
  • Listed building: Grade II: The ParsonageOn this site · +5 more
  • Registered park and garden: Goodnestone ParkNext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.

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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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