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8 The Ridgeway, Lympne, Hythe CT21 4PW

23/0428/FHWorks to Trees covered by a TPOApproved

Approved on 10 May 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Works to trees comprising of 4 x Hawthorn reduction in height by 3 metres & 1 metre off lateral limbs, 2 x Sycamore reduction in height by 6 metres & 2 metres of lateral limbs & 1 x Ash reduction in height by 6 metres & 2 metres off lateral limbs all subject to Tree Preservation Order No 5 of 1993

Received
17 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hythe Rural
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.12 Apr
  4. Target12 Apr
  5. Decided10 May

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 8 The Ridgeway, Lympne, Hythe CT21 4PW. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 911 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Hythe Rural. We hold 1,106 applications in total for the CT21 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
CT21 4PW
Application type
Works to Trees covered by a TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lympne

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2023
Consultation expiry
12 April 2023
Consultation end
12 April 2023
Target decision date
12 April 2023
Application expires
12 May 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 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.

No recorded designations at this site.

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 (7)

conservation areas, 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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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