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The Den Tunstall Road Tunstall Kent ME9 8DX

22/504147/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 29 September 2022

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conservation area notification: Fell one Silver Birch; Remove one small Leyland Cypress Hedge.

Received
23 August 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Downs
  1. Received23 Aug
  2. Validated23 Aug
  3. Consult.22 Sep
  4. Target4 Oct
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Den Tunstall Road Tunstall Kent ME9 8DX. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in the Tunstall conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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
23 August 2022
Last date for comments
22 September 2022
Target decision date
4 October 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Boyd Saunders 20 Leybourne Road Strood Rochester DA15 8HB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11498598
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Tunstall
  • Listed building: Grade II: The DenOn this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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.

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© 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

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    11 Oct

    Section 73 - Application for Minor Material Amendment to approved plans condition 2 (Roof to be clad in slate…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)21/505400/FULL
  2. 2021
    11 Mar

    Works to trees in a Conservation area: T01 Horse Chestnut - Reduce canopy of tree by approx 1m all over…

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area21/501354/TCA
  3. 2021
    27 Jan

    Section 73 - Application for minor material amendment to approved plans condition 2 (to increase building…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)21/500348/FULL
  4. 2020
    17 Jul

    Erection of motor home shelter with associated driveway.

    ApprovedFull20/503121/FULL
  5. 2019
    9 Sep

    Conservation Area notification 1 x (T1) Tilia x Europaea - common lime - to reduce the crown of the tree by…

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area19/504544/TCA
  6. 2011
    7 Sep

    Remove dead Chestnut tree and reduce one Silver Birch & one other tree by half

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation AreaTC/11/0093

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