Tesco Supermarket Courteney Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0GX
Approved on 2 May 2025
Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
G4 Sycamore - Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects x 11 tree T28 Unknown dead tree - Fell to ground level and remove all arisings T40 Common Ash - Reduce and reshape crown by 2m, from 10m to 8m height T41 Common Ash - Fell to ground level and remove all arisings T44 Common Ash - Reduce tree 50% - Monolith at 4m from ground level T45 Common Ash - Reduce and reshape crown by 2m, from 10m to 8m height T46 Common Ash - Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects T47 Common Ash - Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects T50 Common Ash - Fell to ground level and remove all arisings T51 Common Ash - Remove dead and diseased wood T64 Small leaved Lime - Basal/Epicormic growth removal T67 Common Ash - Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects T69 Small leaved Lime - Basal/Epicormic growth removal T70 Small leaved Lime - Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects T81 Small leaved Lime - Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects T84 Small leaved Lime - Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects T85 Small leaved Lime - Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects T86 - Small leaved Lime - Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects T87 - Small leaved Lime - Crown lift to 3 metres T88 - Small leaved Lime - Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects T89 - Small leaved Lime - Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects T90 - Small leaved Lime - Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects T91 - Small leaved Lime - Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects T92 - Small leaved Lime - Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects T105 - Rowan Dead - Fell to ground level and remove all arisings T112 - Common Ash - Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects T114 - False Acacia - Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects T116 - Sycamore - Dead tree fell to ground level
- Received
- 27 January 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Rainham South West
- Agent
- Ground Control Limited - 634404
- ReceivedReceived27 Jan
- ValidatedValidated6 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date3 Apr
- DecidedDecided2 May
Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Tesco Supermarket Courteney Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0GX. Medway has handled 276 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 6 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Rainham South West. 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 0GX
- Application type
- TPO Prune and/or Fell Trees
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 February 2025
- Target decision date
- 3 April 2025
- Permission expires
- 2 May 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Ground Control Limited - 634404
- Agent address
- Kingfisher House Radford Way Billericay CM12 0EQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20256 May
T120 - Robinia pseudoacacia (False Acacia) - Reduce tree 50%, monolith at 6m from ground level, northern car…
Approval with ConditionsTPO Prune and/or Fell TreesTPA/25/0932 - 20248 Feb
G1 - Mixed group of trees - Prune 1-2m back from growing tip from building and up to 8m from ground level
Approval with ConditionsTPO Prune and/or Fell TreesTPA/24/0294 - 202017 Apr
T1 - Species unknown - Felled due to emergency works. Replace with x1 Field Maple Tree in a 20 litre pot…
Approval with ConditionsTPO Prune and/or Fell TreesTPA/20/0889
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