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

23/0163/FH/TCAWorks to Trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 14 March 2023

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

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

Received: 2 February 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Folkestone and Hythe District Council
Ward: North Downs East

ReceivedReceived2 Feb
ValidatedValidated2 Feb
Consult.Consultation3 Mar
TargetTarget Date3 Mar
DecidedDecided14 Mar

Decided in 40 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 40 days, 9 days quicker 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 in a conservation area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Elham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 February 2023
Consultation expiry: 3 March 2023
Consultation end: 3 March 2023
Target decision date: 3 March 2023
Application expires: 16 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 14 MAYFIELD ROAD LYMINGE CT18 8HL

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Documents: 6

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.

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© 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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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