Taylors Cottage The Ridgeway Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LN
Approved on 30 August 2023
Council decision: ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
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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)
- Council
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Ward
- Higham And Shorne
- ReceivedReceived8 Aug
- ValidatedValidated9 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date20 Sep
- DecidedDecided30 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
Site constraints
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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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20206 Oct
Oak Tree (T1) 25% crown reduction and lift by the removal or lifting of pendulous to the north east which…
ApprovedConservation Area Trees20201022 - 201827 Nov
The crown thinning and selective branch removal to reduce the overall density by 20% of group G1 (consisting…
ApprovedConservation Area Trees20181232 - 201817 May
The reduction of the lower canopy of one Hornbeam Tree (T1) overhanging the neighbours boundary and the…
ApprovedConservation Area Trees20180533 - 201128 Mar
To fell one Oak Tree (T1) due to its leaning angle and exposed wound, the removal of the decayed limb of one…
ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation Area20110266
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