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The Den Tunstall Road Tunstall ME9 8DX

20/505733/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 8 January 2021

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Conservation Area Notification - Ash (T0) - branch overhanging road to be lopped off and general maintenance removing dead wood. Ash (T19) - to be removed due to significant die back in canopy. Acacia (T15) - to be removed due to being suppressed as a result of competition from adjacent trees. Group of Hawthorns (G01) - to be trimmed back as overgrown and general maintenance.

Received
1 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Downs
Agent
Architectural Designs
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.29 Dec
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Den Tunstall Road Tunstall ME9 8DX. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in the Tunstall conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across West Downs. We hold 1,168 applications in total for the ME9 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
ME9 8DX
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tunstall

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2020
Last date for comments
29 December 2020
Target decision date
12 January 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Architectural Designs
Agent address
76 Ufton Lane Sittingbourne ME10 1EX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09306973
Documents
6
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Tunstall
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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.

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: Mid Kent

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