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The Sycamores High Street Elham Canterbury Kent CT4 6SY

Y16/0039/SHWorks to Trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 24 February 2016

Council decision: No objectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Works to trees situated within a conservation area comprising felling of a Conifer (T2) and reduction by 50% of a Holly (T3)

Submitted
13 January 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Downs East
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Feb
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 42 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 42 days, 7 days quicker 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. In the past year there have been 140 applications across North Downs East. 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
13 January 2016
Target decision date
18 February 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Wraight Coverts Lodge Lees Denton Canterbury Kent CT4 6NS

Planning decision

Statutory period
36 days

Additional information

Documents
5

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.

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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Associated applications

  1. 2016
    13 Jan

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

    This applicationApprovedTreesY16/0039/SH
  2. 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 TPOFiled alongsideY16/0058/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. 2014
    26 Sep

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

    ApprovedLawful development: Proposed useY14/1044/SH
  4. 2008
    27 Oct

    Felling of two Conifer trees situated within a conservation area.

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a conservation areaY08/1095/SH
  5. 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 TPOY08/1127/SH

Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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