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Shorne Common Rough Woodlands Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LN

20251313Conservation Area TreesApproved

Approved on 30 January 2026

Council decision: ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to trees in a Conservation Area; Silver Birch Tree (T2) to be felled to ground, Sycamore Tree (T3) to be felled to ground, Ash Tree (T4) to be felled to ground and Oak Tree (T6) dead branch to be removed.

Received
29 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Higham And Shorne
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated29 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Feb
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Shorne Common Rough Woodlands Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LN. Gravesham has handled 264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker than Gravesham's typical decision time. There have been 2 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

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 December 2025
Target decision date
9 February 2026
Permission expires
30 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Faye Walsh
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
22

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
  • Green belt: Gravesham
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Ancient woodland: Shorne/BrewerswoodsPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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, 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.

Source: Gravesham

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