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17 Bybrook Field, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3BQ

23/0956/FHWorks to Trees covered by a TPOApproved

Approved on 10 August 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of Sycamores (T9 & T10), Elder (T1) and Budleija (T2) and reduce height of 6 Sycamore trees (T3,T4,T5,T6,T7.T8) to previous pollarded points and cut back overhanging branches, subject of TPO No 3 of 1973

Received
16 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sandgate & West Folkestone
  1. Received16 Jun
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.13 Jul
  4. Target13 Jul
  5. Decided10 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 17 Bybrook Field, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3BQ. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 911 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 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 59 applications across Sandgate & West Folkestone. We hold 383 applications in total for the CT20 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
CT20 3BQ
Application type
Works to Trees covered by a TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sandgate

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2023
Consultation expiry
13 July 2023
Consultation end
13 July 2023
Target decision date
13 July 2023
Application expires
11 August 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

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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.

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