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Boley Hill House Boley Hill Rochester Medway ME1 1TE

CAN/25/1951CA - Prune and/or Fell TreesApproved

Approved on 6 November 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1. Holm Oak - re-pollard to 8m. T2. Yew - reduce and reshape by approximately 2m. Current height 8m leaving at 6m. T3. Yew - crown lift to 3m above ground level. T4. Yew - reduce in height by approximately 2m. Current height 8m leaving at 6m. 15. Birch - reduce in height by approximately 2m. Current height 10m leaving at 8m. T6. Poplar - reduce in height by approximately 2m. Current height 14m leaving at 12m 17. Acacia - re-pollard. T8. Holly - reduce in height by approximately 2m and trim sides to shape. Current height 8m leaving at 6m. 19. Yew - reduce in height by approximately 2m. Current height 8m leaving at 6m. T10. Yew - reduce in height by approximately 2m. Current height 8m leaving at 6m. T11. Ash - remove 1 x large low branch growing east towards St Margarets road to source. The reductions are to manage the size and appearance of the trees.

Received
30 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rochester West & Borstal
Agent
AP Trees (Kent) Ltd
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Nov
  5. Decided6 Nov

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Boley Hill House Boley Hill Rochester Medway ME1 1TE. Medway has handled 276 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Historic Rochester conservation area, with 12 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 1TE
Application type
CA - Prune and/or Fell Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2025
Target decision date
11 November 2025
Permission expires
6 November 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
AP Trees (Kent) Ltd
Agent address
28 Higham Road Rochester ME38BB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14371553
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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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