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Fir Meadow Cottage Butchers Hill Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EB

20170466Works to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 6 June 2017

Council decision: Consent tree works in Conservation AreaDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The 15% crown reduction and removal of all deadwood from one Chestnut Tree.

Received
28 April 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shorne, Cobham & Luddesdown
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Jun
  5. Decided6 Jun

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Fir Meadow Cottage Butchers Hill Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EB. Gravesham has handled 264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in the Shorne Village conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Shorne, Cobham & Luddesdown. We hold 1,496 applications in total for the DA12 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
DA12 3EB
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shorne

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2017
Target decision date
9 June 2017
Permission expires
6 June 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
3 Plotts Cottages Vigo Lane Borden Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8LG

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Shorne Village Conservation Area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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