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59 Forge Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7AH

20160932Works to a Protected Tree(s)Approved

Approved on 14 November 2016

Council decision: Consent for TPO tree worksDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The re-pollarding of two Sycamore Trees (T1 and T2 ), the 20% crown reduction of one Sycamore Tree (T3), the 25% height reduction of three Leylandi Trees (T4), the removal of one dying Cherry Tree (T5), the 4-5 m canopy lifting and 20% crown thinning of one Fagus Sylvatica Tree (T6) and the 20-25% thinning of one Hornbeam Tree (T7).

Received
23 September 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Higham
  1. Received23 Sep
  2. Validated23 Sep
  3. Consult.18 Oct
  4. Target18 Nov
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 52 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. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Gravesham's typical decision time. 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
23 September 2016
Consultation expiry
18 October 2016
Consultation start
27 September 2016
Consultation end
18 October 2016
Last date for comments
18 October 2016
Target decision date
18 November 2016
Permission expires
14 November 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Abbey Farmhouse Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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