Oakwood Park, Mid Kent College Of Higher And Further Education Tonbridge Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8AQ
Approved on 31 August 2023
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Tre Preservation Order Application: Group of Cherry T72, T73, T74- Reduce crown radius over road, to finished crown dimensions of height 3m above ground level and 2.5m crown radius measured from the tree stem. Removing up to 1m from the crown radius over the road only. Pine T80- Remove fractured dead limb at 10 meters. Woodlands - W1 - Consisting of Sweet Chestnut, Oak, Ash, Lime, Scots Pine, Larch, Holly, Yew, Cherry, Beech, Field Maple, Silver Birch and Wellingtonia. Group of Cherry and Oak T115, T116, T117- Remove major deadwood over 25mm in diameter. Crown lift to 2.5m from above ground level over footpath.
- Received
- 12 June 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Heath
- ReceivedReceived12 Jun
- ValidatedValidated12 Jun
- Consult.Consultation21 Jun
- TargetTarget Date7 Aug
- DecidedDecided31 Aug
Decided in 80 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Oakwood Park, Mid Kent College Of Higher And Further Education Tonbridge Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8AQ. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 3 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. 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 8AQ
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Unparished
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 June 2023
- Last date for comments
- 21 June 2023
- Target decision date
- 7 August 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Niall Connett 94 Popjak Road Kent Science Park Sittingbourne Kent Sittingbourne ME9 8HL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12229785
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation Order: 5001/2017/TPOPart 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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