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9 Tower Gardens, Hythe, CT21 6DG

25/1998/FH/TCAWorks to Trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 5 December 2025

Council decision: No Objections

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to trees in a Conservation area comprising of T1 Plum, reduction of the lateral branches by 0.5 metres and reduce height by 0.5 metres. Crown thinning by 20%. T2 Bay, reduction of lateral branches by 0.5 metres and reduce height by 0.5 metres. Crown lift to 2.5 metres above ground level and ensure a 0.5 metres clearance to a water tank. T3 Bay, reduction of lateral branches by 0.5 metres and reduce height by 1.5 metres. Crown lift to 2.5 metres above ground level. T4 Holly, reduction of lateral branches by 0.5 metres and reduce height by 1 metre. Crown lift to 3 metres above ground level, ensuring 1 metre clearance to the neighbour’s garage. T5 Sycamore, reduction of lateral branches by 1 metre and reduce height by 1.5 metres. crown lift to 3 above ground level.

Received
28 October 2025
Ward
Hythe
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.2 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Dec

Decided in 31 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 9 TOWER GARDENS, HYTHE, CT21 6DG. 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 Hythe conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 127 applications across Hythe. We hold 1,106 applications in total for the CT21 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
CT21 6DG
Application type
Works to Trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hythe

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2025
Consultation expiry
2 December 2025
Consultation end
2 December 2025
Application expires
16 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Hythe

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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© 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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Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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