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The Sycamores, High Street, Elham, Canterbury, CT4 6SY

22/1587/FHWorks to Trees covered by a TPOApproved

Approved on 8 November 2022

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Re-pollard to previous points of Sycamore (T3) subject to Tree Preservation Order no16 of 1994

Received
9 September 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Downs East
  1. Received9 Sep
  2. Validated9 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Oct
  4. Target16 Oct
  5. Decided8 Nov

Decided in 60 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Sycamores, High Street, Elham, Canterbury, CT4 6SY. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 911 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in the Elham conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across North Downs East. We hold 1,908 applications in total for the CT4 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
CT4 6SY
Application type
Works to Trees covered by a TPO
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Elham Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 September 2022
Consultation expiry
16 October 2022
Consultation end
16 October 2022
Target decision date
16 October 2022
Application expires
9 November 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
14 Mayfield Road Lyminge CT18 8HL

Planning decision

Statutory period
61 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Elham

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 (6)

listed buildings, 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.

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  1. 2022
    9 Sep

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  2. 2022
    9 Sep

    Re-pollard to previous points of Sycamore (T3) subject to Tree Preservation Order no16 of 1994

    This applicationApprovedTrees22/1587/FH

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    2 Mar

    Demolition of existing garden terrace and steps and erection of two storey extension to include decking to…

    ApprovedHouseholder23/0342/FH
  2. 2023
    2 Feb

    Works to trees in a Conservation area comprising of T1 Fir crown reduction by 4 metres and T2 mixed hedge to…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a conservation area23/0163/FH/TCA
  3. 2022
    29 Mar

    Approval of details pursuant to conditions 4 (eaves, verges & bargeboards) of planning permission 21/2038/FH

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditions22/0534/FH/CON
  4. 2021
    5 Oct

    Section 73 application for the variation of conditions 2 (submitted plans) and 3 (Joinery details) for…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)21/2038/FH
  5. 2021
    17 May

    Demolition of existing garden room and erection of part single storey and part two storey extension and to…

    ApprovedHouseholder21/1075/FH

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