34 Capel Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9TE

TPA/26/0980TPO Prune and/or Fell TreesApproved

Approved on 16 July 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions1 condition

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

Proposal

Oak (T1) - remove epicormic growth up to 5m. Remove 6 x southern secondary branches as marked on supporting photographs. Reasons for work - excessive shading and encroachment.

Received: 21 May 2026
Council: Medway Council
Ward: Rainham South East
Agent: Craig Chisholm Tree Surgery Ltd

ReceivedReceived21 May
ValidatedValidated21 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date16 Jul
DecidedDecided16 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 34 Capel Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9TE. Medway has handled 276 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Rainham South East. 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 9TE
Application type: TPO Prune and/or Fell Trees
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 May 2026
Target decision date: 16 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: Craig Chisholm Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address: 3 Horsted Avenue Chatham ME4 6JU

Planning decision

Case officer: Maggie Wright
Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14954590
Comments: 0
Documents: 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.

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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.

Source: Medway

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