Castle Gardens Castle Hill Rochester Medway ME1 1SW
Approved on 14 October 2025
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
URN 77 - Holly - Cut back to kerb line to a height of around 3m from ground over the internal vehicular road area and around 2m over grassed area, branches to be removed will be selected so after works the canopy a natural look and growth pattern rather than a defined line. All branches to be removed will be under a maximum diameter of 8cm at the union with its parent limb URN 80 - Horse Chestnut - Lift tertiary branches to 3m from ground over internal vehicular road area URN 82 - Wild Cherry - Lift tertiary branches to 3m from ground over internal vehicular road area and 5m from ground over highway URN 83 - Robinia - Remove suckers and epicromic growth to crown break URN 84 - Horse Chestnut - Lift tertiary branches to 3m from ground over internal vehicular road area, reduce back to a maximum distance of the outer bay line of the parking bays, lift to a height of 5m over the highway URN 87 - Common Lime - Remove dead wood, remove suckers and epicormic growth to crown break
- Received
- 8 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Rochester West & Borstal
- ReceivedReceived8 Oct
- ValidatedValidated8 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date19 Nov
- DecidedDecided14 Oct
Decided in 6 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Castle Gardens Castle Hill Rochester Medway ME1 1SW. Medway has handled 276 applications of this type. This one was decided in 6 days, 7 weeks quicker than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Historic Rochester conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Rochester West & Borstal. We hold 340 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 1SW
- Application type
- CA - Prune and/or Fell Trees
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 19 November 2025
- Permission expires
- 14 October 2027
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Historic Rochester
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.
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Source: Medway
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