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Street Record Amherst Hill Brompton Gillingham Medway

CAN/26/0512CA - Prune and/or Fell TreesApproved

Approved on 21 April 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1 Elm -prune southern canopy to clear footpath by 1m. Currently encroaching footpath. T2 Sycamore - prune northern canopy to clear footpath by 0.5m. Currently encroaching footpath. T3 Sycamore -prune northern canopy to clear footpath by 0.5m. Currently encroaching footpath. T4 Sycamore - Ivy clad. Sever ivy up to 1.8m. Crown lift to achieve 2.5m ground clearance. T5 Sycamore - Ivy clad. Sever ivy up to 1.8m. Crown lift to achieve 2.5m ground clearance. T6 Norway Maple - remove major dead wood. T7 Lime -crown lift to achieve 2.2m ground clearance. Low hanging over footpath. T8 Lime - prune to clear streetlight and footpath by 0.5m. T9 Norway Maple -remove major dead wood. T10 Lime - prune to clear footpath by 0.5m. T11 Lime -prune to clear footpath and parking bay by 0.5m. Crown lift to achieve 2m ground clearance. T12 Horse Chestnut - remove major dead wood. G1 Sycamore, Ash, Fig group - sever ivy by 1m around tree base to alleviate canopy weight. G2 Sycamore group - sever ivy by 1m around tree base to alleviate canopy weight. G3 Sycamore, Ash group - sever ivy by 1m around tree base to alleviate canopy weight. Remove major dead wood. Crown lift to achieve 5.5m ground clearance over highway and 4.5m over western gardens. G4 Sycamore, Ash, Hawthorn group- crown lift to achieve 5.5m ground clearance over highway. Fell 2 x supressed Ash juveniles, both within 1m of highway.

Received
13 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chatham Central & Brompton
Agent
Craig Chisholm Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Apr
  5. Decided21 Apr

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Street Record Amherst Hill Brompton Gillingham Medway. Medway has handled 276 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Brompton Lines conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 113 applications across Chatham Central & Brompton.

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

Application type
CA - Prune and/or Fell Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026
Target decision date
24 April 2026
Permission expires
21 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Craig Chisholm Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
3 Horsted Avenue Chatham ME4 6JU

Planning decision

Case officer
Maggie Wright
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14779178
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
30

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: Brompton Lines
  • Article 4 direction: Chatham Central & Brompton
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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