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Rickstones School Lane Newington Folkestone Kent CT18 8AX

Y11/0300/SHWorks to Trees covered by a TPOApproved

Approved on 12 May 2011

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Felling of one Yew (T1), together with 2.5 metre crown lift of five Lawson Cypress and one Yew (G1 and T4), all subject of Tree Preservation Order No. 8 of 2009.

Submitted
21 March 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received21 Mar
  2. Validated21 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rickstones School Lane Newington Folkestone Kent CT18 8AX. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 911 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in the Newington conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. 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 8AX
Application type
Works to Trees covered by a TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newington

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 March 2011
Target decision date
28 April 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Elham Valley Arbor Orchard House High Street Elham Kent CT4 6TB

Planning decision

Statutory period
38 days

Additional information

Documents
13

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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    11 Dec

    Felling of one Holly situated within a conservation area.

    WithdrawnWorks to Trees in a conservation areaY19/1442/FH
  2. 2019
    11 Dec

    Re-pollard back to last cut of one Willow subject to Tree Preservation Order No 08 of 2009.

    WithdrawnWorks to Trees covered by a TPOY19/1423/FH
  3. 2017
    25 Oct

    Works to trees situated within a conservation area comprising felling of two Cherries and one Elder

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a conservation areaY17/1375/SH
  4. 2016
    1 Nov

    Crown reduction back to previous points of a Weeping Willow subject to Tree Preservation Order No 8 of 2009

    ApprovedWorks to Trees covered by a TPOY16/1239/SH
  5. 2011
    4 Jan

    Felling of a flowering Cherry tree, a Stag's Horn Sumach tree and a Privet bush and reduction of a row of…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a conservation areaY11/0014/SH
  6. 2011
    4 Jan

    30% crown reduction of a Willow tree, subject of Tree Preservation Order No. 8 of 2009.

    ApprovedWorks to Trees covered by a TPOY11/0004/SH

Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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