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Land Rear Of 5 Mercer Drive Harrietsham Kent ME17 1AY

16/500131/TPOTree Preservation OrderRefused

Refused on 4 March 2016

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO application to 1(no) Beech tree - crown lift to give a ground clearance of 5m, crown thin by 15% and reduce back one long lateral limb growing towards north by no more than 30%.

Received
8 January 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harrietsham And Lenham
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated8 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Feb
  4. Target4 Mar
  5. Decided4 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land Rear Of 5 Mercer Drive Harrietsham Kent ME17 1AY. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,311 applications in total for the ME17 postcode area.

92% of trees applications at Maidstone Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
ME17 1AY
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harrietsham

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 January 2016
Last date for comments
5 February 2016
Target decision date
4 March 2016
Application expires
4 March 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: 5007/2022/TPOCovers the site · +2 more
  • 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2018
    1 Feb

    TPO application - 1no Beech Tree - Lop by 1/3.

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order18/500450/TPO

Source: Mid Kent

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