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Sleepers School Lane Newington Folkestone Kent CT18 8AX

Y15/1079/SHWorks to Trees covered by a TPOApproved

Approved on 10 December 2015

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Felling of a Tree of Heaven and two Sycamores and 3 metre reduction of one limb of a Horse Chestnut, all subject of Tree Preservation Order No. 8 of 2009

Submitted
16 October 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Downs East
  1. Received16 Oct
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Dec
  5. Decided10 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Sleepers School Lane Newington Folkestone Kent CT18 8AX. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 911 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 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 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across North Downs East. 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
16 October 2015
Target decision date
3 December 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Kittington Cottages Nonington Dover Kent CT15 4ET

Planning decision

Statutory period
48 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

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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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