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Copperfield Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LP

20250786Conservation Area TreesApproved

Approved on 5 September 2025

Council decision: ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Works to trees in a Conservation Area; 1 x Apple Tree - reduce crown by 20% and remove any dead/diseased branches. 1 x Cherry Plum Tree - reduce crown by 40% and remove any dead/diseased branches.

Received
4 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Higham And Shorne
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Sep
  5. Decided5 Sep

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Copperfield Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LP. 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 Church Street, Higham conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 129 applications across Higham And Shorne. 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 7LP
Application type
Conservation Area Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2025
Target decision date
15 September 2025
Permission expires
5 September 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14226783
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Church Street, Higham Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old VicarageOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO_1976_009Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Green belt: Gravesham
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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, 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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Source: Gravesham

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