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4 Knole Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8PJ

TPA/25/1110TPO Prune and/or Fell TreesRefused

Refused on 5 August 2025

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 - Oak tree - Crown Lifting: raise the crown by removing or reducing the lower lateral branches to achieve a ground clearance of approx. 15 meters, to allow more light into the garden and reduce overbearing presence on the property. The tree is approx. 30 meters in height, and the proposed clearance would retain a balanced upper crown. Lateral Branches: reduction overhanging property: Reduce the lateral spread of branches extending over our property to approx. 0.5 metres from the boundary line. Insuring that a balance and natural crown shape is maintained. Crown thinning: thin the crown by approx. 15% to improve air flow, reduce wind resistance and allow more light penetration, whilst retaining a balance upper crown.

Received
1 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lordswood & Walderslade
  1. Received1 Jun
  2. Validated30 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Aug
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Knole Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8PJ. Medway has handled 276 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Medway's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 479 applications in total for the ME5 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
ME5 8PJ
Application type
TPO Prune and/or Fell Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 June 2025
Target decision date
25 August 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14062855
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
4

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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