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Boundary Between Bell Oak, 17B Bell Lane And 16 McCabe Close Staplehurst Kent

23/502474/TPOATree Preservation Order ApplicationRefused

Refused on 29 August 2023

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree preservation order application. T1 Oak: Remove (fell) to near ground level and treat stump to prevent regrowth or grind stump to prevent clay shrinkage subsidence damage at 16 McCabe Close

Received
24 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Staplehurst
  1. Received24 May
  2. Validated24 May
  3. Consult.20 Jun
  4. Target19 Jul
  5. Decided29 Aug

Decided in 97 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Boundary Between Bell Oak, 17B Bell Lane And 16 McCabe Close Staplehurst Kent. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Staplehurst.

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

Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Staplehurst

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 May 2023
Last date for comments
20 June 2023
Target decision date
19 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mrs V Harrison Unit 8, Stephenson House Horsley Business Centre Horsley NE15 0NY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12185569
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: 5010/2021/TPOProtected tree on or next to this 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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© 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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Source: Mid Kent

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