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Wedgewood Somerfield Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8JJ

23/501043/TPOATree Preservation Order ApplicationApproved

Approved on 17 April 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO application to: Reduce single limb of one Corsican Pine (T1 in photos, first branch on south side at approx 10m) overhanging North-West corner of property from 7m to 5m in length; Remove branch of one Corsican Pine (T3), overhanging drive (first branch on South stem above primary union, pointing South-West at approx 10m). This branch has decay in the top side from a historic split that was observed during deadwooding operations last summer. (specific branch highlighted in photos)

Received
28 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bridge
  1. Received28 Feb
  2. Validated28 Feb
  3. Consult.27 Mar
  4. Target25 Apr
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Wedgewood Somerfield Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8JJ. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 799 applications in total for the ME16 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
ME16 8JJ
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 February 2023
Last date for comments
27 March 2023
Target decision date
25 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Joshua Hood 20 Church Street Boughton Monchelsea ME17 4HW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11975157
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 8/1972Part of the site · +1 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.

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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