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9 Castle Mews, Folkestone, CT20 2BU

25/1342/FH/TCAWorks to Trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 22 August 2025

Council decision: No Objections

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to trees in a Conservation area. T1 Holm Oak, to remove stem and reduce remainder of tree to 3 metres in height

Received
21 July 2025
Ward
Folkestone Central
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.12 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Aug

Decided in 31 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 9 CASTLE MEWS, FOLKESTONE, CT20 2BU. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 911 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 2 weeks quicker than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in the Folkestone conservation area, with 2 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 2BU
Application type
Works to Trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Folkestone

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2025
Consultation expiry
12 August 2025
Consultation end
12 August 2025
Application expires
2 September 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Folkestone

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

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Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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