The Old Farm House 4 Harrow Road Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3QA
Approved on 27 April 2026
Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)1 condition
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Proposal
T1 - Horse Chestnut - Cut back to previous pollard points and crown thin by 10%
- Received
- 10 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Hempstead & Wigmore
- ReceivedReceived10 Mar
- ValidatedValidated10 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date5 May
- DecidedDecided27 Apr
Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Old Farm House 4 Harrow Road Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3QA. Medway has handled 276 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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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Application details
- Postcode
- ME7 3QA
- Application type
- TPO Prune and/or Fell Trees
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 5 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 27 April 2028
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Maggie Wright
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202612 Oct
Details pursuant to condition 4 (Further Details) on planning permission MC/26/0643
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/1954 - 20262 Apr
Replacement of existing Conservatory
ApprovedHouseholderMC/26/0642 - 20262 Apr
Listed building consent for the replacement of existing conservatory
ApprovedListed building consentMC/26/0643
Source: Medway
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