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Squirrels Court 53 Town Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8JX

TPA/26/0852Approved

Approved on 31 July 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions1 condition

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

Proposal

T1 - Willow - Pruning; present tree height 18m. Height reduction 3m, so final height of the tree will be 15m. Canopy reduction 3m. canopy size after tree work is 12m. T2 - Willow - Pruning; present tree height 18m. Height reduction 3m, so final height of the tree will be 15m. Canopy reduction 3m. canopy size after tree work is 12m. Cut back overhanging branches to the neighbours side by up to 4 metres clearance from boundary line including anything above the boundary line.

Received
6 May 2026
Ward
Strood Rural
  1. Received6 May
  2. Validated10 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 51 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Squirrels Court 53 Town Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8JX. Medway has handled 5,398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across Strood Rural. We hold 1,083 applications in total for the ME3 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
ME3 8JX
Parish
Cliffe And Cliffe Woods

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Maggie Wright

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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