13 Marshall Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0AR
Refused on 8 December 2025
Council decision: Refusal2 reasons for refusal
Proposal
T1 Ash - Remove due to decline from ash dieback
- Received
- 14 October 2025
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Rainham South West
- Agent
- Ben Larkham Associates Ltd
- ReceivedReceived14 Oct
- ValidatedValidated14 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date9 Dec
- DecidedDecided8 Dec
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 13 Marshall Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0AR. Medway has handled 276 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There have been 4 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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Why it was refused
- The proposed removal is contrary to current best practice guidance on managing ash dieback disease.
- The proposed removal has not been justified, and insufficient evidence has been supplied to substantiate a need for the work.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- ME8 0AR
- Application type
- TPO Prune and/or Fell Trees
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 9 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Ben Larkham Associates Ltd
- Agent address
- 3 Princes Street Tunbridge Wells TN2 4SL
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Maggie Wright
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202627 Feb
Details pursuant to condition 6 (replacement tree planting) on planning permission MC/23/0745
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0395 - 202510 Sep
Details pursuant to condition 10 (Ecological enhancement plan), 11 (External Lighting) and 12 (Energy…
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/25/1810 - 202424 Jan
Details pursuant to conditions 3 (materials), 5 (works in RPA), 8 (boundary treatment), 10 (ecological…
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/24/0148 - 202327 Mar
Construction of 2 dwellings with associated parking - demolition of existing dwelling
Approval with ConditionsFull ApplicationMC/23/0745
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