9 Meresborough Farm Cottages Meresborough Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8PP

CAN/24/1656CA - Prune and/or Fell TreesApproved

Approved on 16 September 2024

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1 - Elder - Fell T2 - Ash - Fell T3 - Hawthorn - Fell

Received: 9 August 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Medway Council
Ward: Rainham South East

ReceivedReceived9 Aug
ValidatedValidated9 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date20 Sep
DecidedDecided16 Sep

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 9 Meresborough Farm Cottages Meresborough Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8PP. Medway has handled 276 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Meresborough conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across Rainham South East. We hold 802 applications in total for the ME8 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: ME8 8PP
Application type: CA - Prune and/or Fell Trees
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 August 2024
Target decision date: 20 September 2024
Permission expires: 16 September 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13323129
Comments: 0
Documents: 3
Constraints: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Meresborough
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.

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Source: Medway

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