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Basque Cottage Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QA

20260272Conservation Area TreesApproved

Approved on 13 April 2026

Council decision: ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to trees in a Conservation Area; 1 x Prunus Tree (T1) - Crown lift two lowest limbs over the garage and reduce the tree by 2.5m all over. Crown height reduction 7m to 5.5m. Crown width reduction from 4m to 2.5m.

Received
10 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Meopham North
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Apr
  5. Decided13 Apr

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Basque Cottage Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QA. Gravesham has handled 264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in the Meopham Green, Meopham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Meopham North. We hold 1,320 applications in total for the DA13 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
DA13 0QA
Application type
Conservation Area Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Meopham

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2026
Target decision date
21 April 2026
Permission expires
13 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Faye Walsh
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14749555
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: Meopham Green, Meopham Conservation Area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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

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.

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