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24 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RY

TPA/25/2103TPO Prune and/or Fell TreesRefused

Refused on 8 December 2025

Council decision: Refusal4 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

T1 - horse chestnut -fell to ground. Reason - 4 limbs have broken off due to wind and damaged vehicles. Breaking of drive way due to roots plus compressing a oak tree which is making the oak lean.

Received
23 October 2025
Ward
Hempstead & Wigmore
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Dec
  5. Decided8 Dec

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 24 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RY. Medway has handled 276 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Hempstead & Wigmore. We hold 1,825 applications in total for the ME7 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

  1. The works would result in the unnecessary loss of a prominent, high-amenity tree that makes a strong positive contribution to the character and appearance of the area.
  2. No arboricultural evidence has been provided to demonstrate structural instability, disease, decline or hazard that would justify felling.
  3. The application does not meet the evidence threshold set out in Planning Practice Guidance for the removal of a protected tree, where harm to public amenity would clearly result.
  4. A replacement tree would not compensate for the lost canopy extent or landscape value within any reasonable timeframe.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
ME7 3RY
Application type
TPO Prune and/or Fell Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2025
Target decision date
18 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
65 The Everglades Hempstead Gillingham ME73PZ

Planning decision

Case officer
Maggie Wright
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14433856
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
2

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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