Spicers Farm, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DE

23/0476/FH/TCAWorks to Trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 28 April 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 Copper Beech remove tree

Received: 23 March 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Folkestone and Hythe District Council
Ward: North Downs West

ReceivedReceived23 Mar
ValidatedValidated23 Mar
Consult.Consultation21 Apr
TargetTarget Date21 Apr
DecidedDecided28 Apr

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Spicers Farm, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DE. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 911 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in the Etchinghill conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 104 applications across North Downs West. 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 8DE
Application type: Works to Trees in a conservation area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Lyminge

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 March 2023
Consultation expiry: 21 April 2023
Consultation end: 21 April 2023
Target decision date: 21 April 2023
Application expires: 4 May 2023

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: Etchinghill
Listed building: Grade II: The GatekeeperOn or next to this site · +1 more

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.

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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

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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