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7 Lancaster Court Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0JP

TPA/26/1280TPO Prune and/or Fell TreesApproved

Approved on 26 August 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions

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

Proposal

T1, Mature Hornbeam tree in the rear garden-Lift the lower canopy from 2.5 metres to 5 metres from ground level and remove the epicormic growth from the base. T2 - Mature Hornbeam tree in the rear garden- Reduce the overly extended laterals on the Western side of the canopy from 4.5 metres to 2.5 metres to match the existing canopy profile.

Received
3 July 2026
Ward
Rainham South West
Agent
Broadleaf Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received3 Jul
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Aug
  5. Decided26 Aug

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 7 Lancaster Court Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0JP. Medway has handled 276 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. There has been 1 other application 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 0JP
Application type
TPO Prune and/or Fell Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2026
Target decision date
28 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Broadleaf Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
Nupkins Blind Lane Bredhurst ME7 3JR

Planning decision

Case officer
Maggie Wright
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15059232
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
5

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.

Source: Medway

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