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Rickstones, School Lane, Newington, Folkestone, CT18 8AX

21/0836/FH/TCAWorks to Trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 5 July 2021

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prune back overhanging branches to boundary of one Yew tree situated within a conservation area

Received
14 April 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Downs East
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Jul
  5. Decided5 Jul

Decided in 82 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rickstones, School Lane, Newington, Folkestone, CT18 8AX. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 911 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 5 weeks longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in the Newington conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across North Downs East. We hold 1,627 applications in total for the CT18 postcode area.

94% of trees applications at Folkestone and Hythe District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CT18 8AX
Application type
Works to Trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Newington Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2021
Consultation expiry
2 July 2021
Target decision date
2 July 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
14 Mayfield Road Lyminge CT18 8HL

Planning decision

Statutory period
79 days

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (5)

scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens and SSSIs.

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.

Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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