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55 Pump Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7AD

TPA/24/1109TPO Prune and/or Fell TreesDecided

Decided on 7 August 2024

Council decision: Split DecisionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 - Ash - Crown reduce North, East and West facing lateral spread to a retained 5m to alleviate overhang over neighbouring property and to address asymmetrical crown , crown lift to 3m from ground level, lift North to Northeast facing crown to 5m from ground level to provide sufficient clearance over neighbouring driveway , Cut back to allow 1m clearance from phone lines and remove dead wood

Received
29 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rainham North
  1. Received29 May
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Aug
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 55 Pump Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7AD. Medway has handled 276 applications of this type. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Rainham North. We hold 806 applications in total for the ME8 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
ME8 7AD
Application type
TPO Prune and/or Fell Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2024
Target decision date
7 August 2024
Decision issued
9 August 2024
Permission expires
9 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Elite Arborists
Agent address
Unit 7 Firningham Farm Maidstone ME14 3JD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13109166
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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