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The Vicarage Butchers Hill Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EB

20211503Conservation Area TreesApproved

Approved on 7 January 2022

Council decision: ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Yew (T1) - Crown lift to achieve 2m ground clearance. Reduce height by 30% to alleviate pressure on decayed base Cherry (T2) - Crown lift to achieve 5m ground clearance. Reduce primary SE branch by 2m to alleviate weight Acer (T3) - Reduce to growth point at 2m due to adverse lean and wound decay Apple x 2 (T4) - Fell as dead Ash (T5) - Remove damaged pendulous branch Ash (T6) - Remove dead wood and split branches. Crown lift to achieve 5m ground clearance Ash x 2 (T7) - Crown lift to achieve 5m ground clearance over graves. Remove encroaching dead wood Ash (T8) - Remove dead wood. Repair damaged limbs. Crown lift to achieve 5m ground clearance

Received
6 December 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shorne, Cobham & Luddesdown
  1. Received6 Dec
  2. Validated6 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Jan
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Vicarage Butchers Hill Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EB. Gravesham has handled 264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in the Shorne Village conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 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
Conservation Area Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shorne

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 December 2021
Target decision date
17 January 2022
Permission expires
7 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
3 Horsted Avenue Chatham ME4 6JU

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10449860
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Shorne Village Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old ParsonageOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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