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23 Park Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 4AS

CAN/19/0736CA - Prune and/or Fell TreesApproved

Approved on 1 April 2019

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 -Taxus baccata Trim back overhanging to wall and manage height to approx 10-12' T2 Ilex aqifolium Cut to approx 6-8' height T3 Remove small tree (trunk width 100mm at 1.5m) Remove self sown tree by telegraph pole/wall T4 - Cordyline Australis Reduce height to approx 1m height and let re-grow to a manageable height T5 - Laurus nobilis Remove this 14 stemmed shrub as causing structural damage and is excessively oversized. T6 -Prunus laurocerasus Trim front face flat to allow cars to park/pass on drive, reduce height to 6ft T7 - Tree stump Stump grind out dead stump T8 - Prunus laurocerasus Trim front face and cut to approx 9-10' height T9 - Prunus avium Remove small tree approx 3m high T-10 Taxus baccata Cut tree to stumps and poison to prevent regrowth. The tree is causing structural damage to garden wall T-11 Stump Remove dead stump T-12 Fallen tree Remove fallen dead tree off of garage and lean to structure T-13 Prunus laurocerasus (under fallen tree) cut to stumps and poison T-14 Sambucus Nigra (under fallen tree) cut to stumps and poison T-15 Ilex aqifolium Trim to approx 8-10' height

Received
19 March 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Watling Ward
  1. Received19 Mar
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 13 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 23 Park Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 4AS. Medway has handled 276 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 6 weeks quicker than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Gillingham Park conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,825 applications in total for the ME7 postcode area.

87% of trees applications at Medway Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
ME7 4AS
Application type
CA - Prune and/or Fell Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2019
Target decision date
30 April 2019
Permission expires
1 April 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07715986
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Gillingham Park
  • Article 4 direction: Gillingham Park+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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