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The Sycamores High Street Elham Canterbury Kent CT4 6SY

Y08/1095/SHWorks to Trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 22 December 2008

Council decision: No objectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Felling of two Conifer trees situated within a conservation area.

Submitted
27 October 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Dec
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Sycamores High Street Elham Canterbury Kent CT4 6SY. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 911 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in the Elham conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. 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 6SY
Application type
Works to Trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Elham

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2008
Target decision date
8 December 2008

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
15

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

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2008
    27 Oct

    Felling of two Conifer trees situated within a conservation area.

    This applicationApprovedTreesY08/1095/SH
  2. 2008
    27 Oct

    30% crown reduction of a Sycamore tree subject of Tree Preservation Order No. 16 of 1994.

    ApprovedWorks to Trees covered by a TPOFiled alongsideY08/1127/SH

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    23 Jun

    Section 73 application for the variation of Condition 2 (submitted plans) of planning permission 21/1075/FH

    WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)22/1056/FH
  2. 2017
    25 Oct

    Works to trees situated within a conservation area comprising: felling of one Willow and three Ash and…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a conservation areaY17/1371/SH
  3. 2016
    13 Jan

    Crown reduction back to previous points of a Sycamore subject of Tree Preservation Order No 16 of 1994

    ApprovedWorks to Trees covered by a TPOY16/0058/SH
  4. 2016
    13 Jan

    Works to trees situated within a conservation area comprising felling of a Conifer (T2) and reduction by 50%…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a conservation areaY16/0039/SH
  5. 2014
    26 Sep

    Certificate of lawful development for proposed use of integral garage as living accommodation.

    ApprovedLawful development: Proposed useY14/1044/SH

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