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9 Blowers Wood Grove Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RD

TPA/25/2380TPO Prune and/or Fell TreesRefused

Refused on 3 February 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)4 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

T1 - Popular tree- fell to ground level T2 - Chestnut tree - to repollard the trees back to previous points at a height of 12 meters removing 4 meters. T3 - Oak tree - to reduce height by 2.5 meters leaving 15 meters.

Received
7 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hempstead & Wigmore
  1. Received7 Dec
  2. Validated8 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Feb
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 9 Blowers Wood Grove Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RD. Medway has handled 276 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. There has been 1 other application 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 proposed felling of the poplar is not supported by evidence demonstrating defect, failure or an actionable level of risk, and therefore fails to justify the removal of a protected tree.
  2. The proposed repollarding of the chestnut and height reduction of the oak are excessive, unjustified and likely to adversely affect the health and natural form of mature, previously unpruned trees.
  3. The proposed works would introduce visually incongruous forms within a natural tree group, resulting in harm to the character and appearance of the area.
  4. The proposals are contrary to the principles of BS 3998:2010 - Tree Work: Recommendations and to the objectives of tree protection.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 December 2025
Target decision date
2 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
65 The everglades Hempstead Gillingham ME73PZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14547055
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Tree Preservation Order
  • 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

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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