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Church House, School Lane, Newington, Folkestone, CT18 8AY

23/1532/FH/TCAWorks to Trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 10 November 2023

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Works to trees situated within a conservation area comprising of T1 Sycamore - cut back lateral branches by 2 metres, T2,3,4 Silver Birch's cut back lateral branches by 2 metres, T5 White Poplar remove regrowth back to previous points, T6,7,8,9. Large Grey Poplars reduce height by approximately 6 metres, T10,11 White Poplars reduce height to previous reduction points at approximately 6 -8 metres, T13,14 White Poplars cut back lateral branches by approx. 3m, T15,16,17 Ash's re pollard at previous pollard points by approx. 6-8m, T18 Sycamore re pollard at previous pollard points by approx. 6-8m.

Received
29 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Downs East
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.25 Oct
  4. Target25 Oct
  5. Decided10 Nov

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Church House, School Lane, Newington, Folkestone, CT18 8AY. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 911 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in the Newington conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across North Downs East. 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 8AY
Application type
Works to Trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newington

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2023
Consultation expiry
25 October 2023
Consultation end
25 October 2023
Target decision date
25 October 2023
Application expires
10 November 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: Newington

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.

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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