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Kings Arms, The Square, Elham, CT4 6TJ

23/1058/FH/TCAWorks to Trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 11 August 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 Sycamore, remove 4 secondary stems at base of main tree and raise canopy to give 4m clearance over garden

Received
4 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Downs East
  1. Received4 Jul
  2. Validated4 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Jul
  4. Target28 Jul
  5. Decided11 Aug

Decided in 38 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Kings Arms, The Square, Elham, CT4 6TJ. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 911 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 11 days quicker than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in the Elham conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 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 6TJ
Application type
Works to Trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Elham

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 July 2023
Consultation expiry
28 July 2023
Consultation end
28 July 2023
Target decision date
28 July 2023
Application expires
15 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Hartlee Tree Surgery Ltd 2 Springfield Cottages Bekesbourne Lane Canterbury CT4 5DX

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
8

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
  • Listed building: Grade II: RigdensOn or next to this site · +2 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.

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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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    4 Jul

    Works to trees in a Conservation area comprising of T1 Sycamore, remove 4 secondary stems at base of main…

    This applicationApprovedTrees23/1058/FH/TCA
  2. 2023
    3 Jul

    Approval of details reserved by condition 5 (elevations of doorway) of planning permission 20/0752/FH

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside23/1054/FH/CON

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