Sandling Park Sandling Lane Penenden Heath ME14 2NY
Approved on 14 January 2020
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
TPO application to reduce height of five Silver Birch trees by 2m to leave 4m, and lateral spread by 1m to leave 1.5m and give 2m clearance of adjacent property; Reduce branches of Alianthus growing towards property by 2m to leave 3m.
- Received
- 22 November 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- North
- Agent
- Top Notch Tree Care Ltd
- ReceivedReceived22 Nov
- ValidatedValidated22 Nov
- Consult.Consultation16 Dec
- TargetTarget Date17 Jan
- DecidedDecided14 Jan
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Sandling Park Sandling Lane Penenden Heath ME14 2NY. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,563 applications in total for the ME14 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
- ME14 2NY
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 November 2019
- Last date for comments
- 16 December 2019
- Target decision date
- 17 January 2020
- Permission expires
- 14 January 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Top Notch Tree Care Ltd
- Agent address
- Top Notch Tree Care Ltd 142 Brighton Rd Purley CR8 4HA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-08299807
- Documents
- 4
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 20/2002Part of the site
- 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.
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Source: Mid Kent
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