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9 Norah Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7EP

20200640Works to Protected Tree(s)Approved

Approved on 1 September 2020

Council decision: ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The 4m reduction in height and 3m reduction in lateral spread to one Oak Tree located in the front garden.

Received
6 July 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Higham
  1. Received6 Jul
  2. Validated6 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target31 Aug
  5. Decided1 Sep

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 9 Norah Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7EP. Gravesham has handled 264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. There has been 1 other application 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 7EP
Application type
Works to Protected Tree(s)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 July 2020
Target decision date
31 August 2020
Permission expires
1 September 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
20 Leybourne Road Strood Rochester Kent ME2 3QG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08859805
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO_1978_001Protected tree on or next to this site
  • 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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