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The Battery, The Bayle, Folkestone, CT20 1SQ

23/2080/FH/TCAWorks to Trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 31 January 2024

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 Horse Chestnut remove regrowth to previous pruning points, T3 Horse Chestnut fell to ground level and hollow main stem at 3 metres, T4 Sycamore re pollard to previous pollard points, T5 Lime re-pollard, T6 Lime re-pollard, T7 Sycamore fell to ground level, T8 Sycamore lateral branches cut back to give 2 metres clearance, G1/G2 multi stem Sycamores inspect pollard points and fell stems which decayed and re-pollard remainder.

Received
22 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Folkestone Central
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.26 Jan
  4. Target26 Jan
  5. Decided31 Jan

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Battery, The Bayle, Folkestone, CT20 1SQ. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 911 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in the Folkestone conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Folkestone Central. 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 1SQ
Application type
Works to Trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Folkestone

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2023
Consultation expiry
26 January 2024
Consultation end
26 January 2024
Target decision date
26 January 2024
Application expires
2 February 2024

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.

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.

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

Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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