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Rickstones School Lane Newington Folkestone Kent CT18 8AX

Y17/1375/SHWorks to Trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 6 December 2017

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 two Cherries and one Elder

Submitted
25 October 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Downs East
  1. Received25 Oct
  2. Validated25 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Nov
  5. Decided6 Dec

Decided in 42 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 42 days, 7 days quicker 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. 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 in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newington

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 October 2017
Target decision date
29 November 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Heartwood Tree Care 2 Kittington Cottages Nonington Dover CT15 4ET

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Documents
4

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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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. 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
  4. 2011
    21 Mar

    Felling of one Yew (T1), together with 2.5 metre crown lift of five Lawson Cypress and one Yew (G1 and T4)…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees covered by a TPOY11/0300/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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