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Rochester Cathedral The Precinct Rochester Medway ME1 1SX

CAN/24/1831CA - Prune and/or Fell TreesApproved

Approved on 30 September 2024

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T80 - London plane - Carry put very light pruning works to achieve 0.5m clearance of BT cables which pass throughout the tree by pruning small diameter branches only

Received
6 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rochester West & Borstal
Agent
Down to Earth Trees Ltd
  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated6 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Oct
  5. Decided30 Sep

Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rochester Cathedral The Precinct Rochester Medway ME1 1SX. Medway has handled 276 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 weeks quicker than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Historic Rochester conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Rochester West & Borstal. We hold 342 applications in total for the ME1 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
ME1 1SX
Application type
CA - Prune and/or Fell Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 September 2024
Target decision date
18 October 2024
Permission expires
30 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Down to Earth Trees Ltd
Agent address
The Oast Preston Farm Shoreham Road Shoreham TN14 7UD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13389087
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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