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1 Abbey Farm Cottages Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LS

20260075Conservation Area TreesApproved

Approved on 20 February 2026

Council decision: ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to trees in a Conservation Area; Removal of Norway Spruce and Lawson's Cypress from front garden.

Received
21 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Higham And Shorne
  1. Received21 Jan
  2. Validated21 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Mar
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Abbey Farm Cottages Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LS. Gravesham has handled 264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. 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 7LS
Application type
Conservation Area Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 January 2026
Target decision date
4 March 2026
Permission expires
20 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Faye Walsh
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14638292
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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

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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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