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How Wood Cottage Padbrook Lane Elmstone CT3 1HF

TC/26/00096Works to Trees in a Conservation AreaAwaiting decision
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Proposal

T1 (Sycamore), T2 (Sycamore), T3 (Ash) - Reduced by 30% T4 to T39 (Mix of Sycamores and Conifers) - Reduce to approximately 25 ft in height to provide suitable clearance from the overhead three-phase powder line T40 (Willow) - Pollard T41 (Eucalyptus) - Reduce crown T42 (Ash) - Dismantle and remove T43 (Ornamental Plum) - Prune to improve shape and form T44 (Willow) & T45 (Poplar Cluster) - Reduce and reshape whilst retaining the natural character of the trees T46 (Mature Willow) & T47 (Mature Willow) - Pollard T48 (Willow) - Dismantle and remove (Within the pond) Laurel Hedge - Reduced to approximately 10 ft in height

Received
19 July 2026
Decision due
31 August 2026
Ward
Little Stour And Ashstone
  1. Received19 Jul
  2. Validated20 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target31 Aug
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a tree application at How Wood Cottage Padbrook Lane Elmstone CT3 1HF. Dover has handled 460 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 1HF
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
PRESTON

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Avenue Trees
Agent address
Cellar Hill Cottage Cellar Hill Lynsted Sittingbourne Kent ME99QY

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: ElmstonePart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: How Wood CottageOn 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    14 Sep

    Works to trees in a conservation area

    PendingApplicationTC/26/00128

Source: Dover

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