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Taylors Cottage The Ridgeway Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LN

20230839Conservation Area TreesApproved

Approved on 30 August 2023

Council decision: ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to trees in a Conservation Area; T1: Hornbeam To remove three lower secondary branches extending to the West side and reduce extended canopy on north side of the tree by 50% extending over the neighbouring garden. To remove all truck sucker growth and crown thin by no more then 20% as per works in 2018 T2: Oak To remove all truck sucker growth and major deadwood as tree leaning over the public footpath crown thin by no more then 20% as per works in 2018T3: Oak To remove all trunk sucker growth and remove four over extending branches to the south side with are over the public footpath and across the neighbours garden cutting back to suitable uprights crown thin by no more then 20% as per works in 2018 T4: Oak To remove all major deadwood tree stands close to the boundary fence and is over the public highway and to remove all truck sucker growth crown thin by no more then 20% as per works in 2018 T5: Oak. To remove all trunk sucker growth on twin stemmed tree crown thin by no more then 20% as per works in 2018 T6: Hornbeam crown thin by no more then 20% as per works in 2018

Received
8 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Higham And Shorne
  1. Received8 Aug
  2. Validated9 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Sep
  5. Decided30 Aug

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Taylors Cottage The Ridgeway Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LN. Gravesham has handled 264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 5 weeks quicker than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in the Chestnut Green, Shorne conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 129 applications across Higham And Shorne. 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 3LN
Application type
Conservation Area Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shorne

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 August 2023
Target decision date
20 September 2023
Permission expires
30 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Courtsole Farm Pond hill Cliffe Rochester ME37QS United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12369663
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: Chestnut Green, Shorne Conservation Area
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO_1983_003Part of the site
  • Green belt: GraveshamPart of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent DownsPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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, 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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