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31 St Margarets Street Rochester Medway ME1 1TU

CAN/25/0617CA - Prune and/or Fell TreesApproved

Approved on 5 June 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

1 - Apple Tree - Removal of Epicormic Limb it will be pruned approximately 30 cm above the union, back to suitable secondary growth points to encourage healthy regrowth while maintaining the trees natural form. Reduce the height of four dominant vertical branches by approximately 1 metre cutting back to appropriate lateral growth points. removal of deadwood 2 - Mulberry Tree - Prune two downward facing limbs located on the right-hand side of the tree they will be reduced to approximately 60cm in length, retaining them as sacrificial wood to support future healing and minimize stress to the tree. Reduce a limb protruding from the main stem at approximately 2 metres above ground level, it is proposed to reduce this limb to approximately 30cm from the stem to encourage healthy regrowth and maintain clearance beneath the canopy. Request to reduce a large horizontal limb extending towards the garages by approximately 2.5 metres, Reduce the large, unmaintained limb currently growing towards the Apple tree. Proposed works involve reducing this limb to a height of approximately 1 metre to eliminate obstruction 3 - Mixed Trees and shrubs - Remove

Received
22 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rochester West & Borstal
  1. Received22 Mar
  2. Validated22 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Jun
  5. Decided5 Jun

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 31 St Margarets Street Rochester Medway ME1 1TU. Medway has handled 276 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Historic Rochester conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 1TU
Application type
CA - Prune and/or Fell Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 April 2025
Target decision date
3 June 2025
Permission expires
5 June 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13880060
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
6

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: Historic Rochester
  • Listed building: Grade II: Wellesley HouseOn or next to this site · +4 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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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