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15 Asquith Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0JD

TPA/26/0532TPO Prune and/or Fell TreesApproved

Approved on 8 May 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions1 condition

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

Proposal

T1 - Chestnut - Reduce height by 2m leaving 16m, reduce East side by 1.5m leaving 8m, remove ivy and deadwood T2 - Oak - Reduce height by 1.5m leaving 14.5m, prune back North side by 1.5m leaving 8m and remove sucker growth up to 8m

Received
17 March 2026
Ward
Rainham South West
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided8 May

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 15 Asquith Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0JD. Medway has handled 276 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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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Application details

Postcode
ME8 0JD
Application type
TPO Prune and/or Fell Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2026
Target decision date
12 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
65 The Everglades Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3PZ

Planning decision

Case officer
Maggie Wright
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14785833
Comments
0
Documents
2
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.

  • 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.

Source: Medway

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