59 Forge Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7AH
Withdrawn on 8 November 2016
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Proposal
DUPLICATE APPLICATION (20160932)Re-pollarding of 2 Sycamores (T1 & T2); 20% reduction in crown of 1 Sycamore (T3); reduce height and shape of 3 Leylandi Cypress (T4); take down 1 dying cherry tree (T5); raise canopy to 4.5m and 20% canopy thin of 1 Copper Beech (T6) and 20-25% reduction by thinning of 1 Hornbeam (T7).
- Received
- 8 August 2016
- Council
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Ward
- Higham
- ReceivedReceived8 Aug
- ValidatedValidated3 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date29 Dec
- DecidedDecided8 Nov
Decided in 5 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 59 Forge Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7AH. Gravesham has handled 264 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 92 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Higham. We hold 1,082 applications in total for the ME3 postcode area.
100% of trees applications at Gravesham Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- ME3 7AH
- Application type
- Works to a Protected Tree(s)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Higham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 November 2016
- Target decision date
- 29 December 2016
- Permission expires
- 8 November 2018
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Abbey Farm Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation Order: TPO_1988_001Part of the site · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20265 Oct
Tree 1, 2 and 3 Sycamore - re-pollard as what has been done in previous years (remove all growth) Tree 4…
PendingApplication20260970 - 202018 Sep
Beech Trees x 2 (T7 andT8) canopy reduction consisting of 5m reduction in height and 3m reduction in width…
ApprovedWorks to Protected Tree(s)20200971 - 201623 Sep
The re-pollarding of two Sycamore Trees (T1 and T2 ), the 20% crown reduction of one Sycamore Tree (T3), the…
ApprovedWorks to a Protected Tree(s)20160932
Source: Gravesham
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