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St Augustine Of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Deanwood Drive Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9NP

TPA/26/1185TPO Prune and/or Fell TreesApproved

Approved on 5 August 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions2 conditions

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

Proposal

T1 - Robinia - Remove major dead wood T2 - Beech - Crown lift to achieve 2.5m ground clearance over playground G1 - Mixed group - Prune to clear building by 2m. Crown lift to achieve 2.5m ground clearance over footpaths and 5.2m over road G2 - Mixed woodland - Crown lift to achieve 3.5m ground clearance over playground to alleviate marquee encroachment. Crown lift to achieve 5.2m ground clearance over road. Remove major dead wood. G3 - Mixed group - Prune Ash tree to clear buildings by 2m. Light prune perimeter specimens to back to footpath boundary to alleviate encroachment G4 - Mixed row - Crown lift to achieve 2.5m ground clearance over playground and abrasive dead wood generation G5 - L Cypress x 4 - Fell due to continuous foliage shredding over playground and abrasive dead wood generation G6 - Mixed woodland - Crown lift secondary branches to achieve 4.5m ground clearance over playing field to alleviate low, pendulous encroachment and risk of limb failure. Prune to clear adjacent western garage block by 2m. Remove major dead wood.

Received
21 June 2026
Ward
Rainham South East
  1. Received
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Aug
  5. Decided5 Aug

About this application

This is a tree application at St Augustine Of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Deanwood Drive Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9NP. Medway has handled 276 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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 9NP
Application type
TPO Prune and/or Fell Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 June 2026
Target decision date
17 August 2026
Decision issued
4 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Maggie Wright
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15028880
Comments
0
Documents
0

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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