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52 St Margarets Street Rochester Medway ME1 1TU

CAN/25/2040CA - Prune and/or Fell TreesApproved

Approved on 8 December 2025

Council decision: Raise No Objection

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

Proposal

T1- Mature Copper Beech - Current Height approx 12m x Width 11.5m. After reduction: Height 9m x Width 8.6m. T2- Robinia Tree - Current height approx 16.7m x Width 12m. After reduction: Height 12.5m x Width 9m. T3- Limetree Hedgerow - Largest tree nearest house current height approx 7.m x Width 5.1m. After reduction to previous pollarded height 5.m 3 x smaller trees in hedgerow - Current height approx 5.4m x Width 1.5m. After reduction to previous pollarded height 4m 1 x last tree in hedgerow furthest from house Current height approx 6m x Width 3m. After reduction to previous pollarded height 4.5m T4- Mimosa Tree- Current height approx 7m x Width 6m. After reduction: Height 5m x Width 4.5m

Received
11 October 2025
Ward
Rochester West & Borstal
  1. Received11 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Dec
  5. Decided8 Dec

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 52 St Margarets Street Rochester Medway ME1 1TU. Medway has handled 276 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. The site is in the Historic Rochester conservation area, with 20 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 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
27 October 2025
Target decision date
8 December 2025

Planning decision

Case officer
Maggie Wright
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14387629
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
5

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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