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97 Ballens Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8PD

TPA/25/1790TPO Prune and/or Fell TreesApproved

Approved on 22 October 2025

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Cherry Blossom - Crown lift over garden to provide no more than 2.5m clearance above ground level, crown lift over road to provide no more than 4m clearance above ground level, reduce radial spread to the North (Hatton Road) to no less than 6m, reduce radial spread to the East (toward play equipment) to no less than 7.5m, reduce radial spread to the South (over garden) to no less than 5.5m and reduce radial spread to the West (over shed) to no less than 6.5m

Received
5 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lordswood & Walderslade
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated5 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target31 Oct
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 97 Ballens Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8PD. Medway has handled 276 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Lordswood & Walderslade. 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 8PD
Application type
TPO Prune and/or Fell Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 September 2025
Target decision date
31 October 2025
Permission expires
22 October 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14226835
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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