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Springfield Mill Sandling Road Maidstone Kent ME14 2LD

23/502907/TPOATree Preservation Order ApplicationApproved

Approved on 17 October 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree Preservation Order Application : T 130 Corsican Pine (Tag No. 528) - Fell to ground level. Tree is in a state of severe decline and symptomatic of Pine blight (Dothistroma septosporum). Anticipate future failure and potential to cause harm due to size and location, T 131 Corsican Pine (Tag No. 529) - Fell to ground level. Tree is in a state of severe decline and symptomatic of Pine blight (Dothistroma septosporum). Anticipate future failure and potential to cause harm due to size and location, T 132 Corsican Pine (Tag No. 530) - Fell to ground level. Tree is in a state of severe decline and symptomatic of Pine blight ( Dothistroma septosporum). Anticipate future failure and potential to cause harm due to size and location. Please note that 3no companion trees have been previously removed under a 5 day notice due to same physiological conditions and 1no of which failed into adjacent tree in January 2023. Felling remaining trees will help to limit potential spread of Pine blight (Dothistroma septosporum) to nearby high value collection of Pine sp. Removal of trees shall be mitigated by replanting of site appropriate replacements.

Received
21 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated21 Jun
  3. Consult.27 Jun
  4. Target16 Aug
  5. Decided17 Oct

Decided in 118 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Springfield Mill Sandling Road Maidstone Kent ME14 2LD. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 9 weeks longer 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 1,563 applications in total for the ME14 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
ME14 2LD
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Unparished

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 June 2023
Last date for comments
27 June 2023
Target decision date
16 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Daniel Jeanes South Court Hardwick Business Park Noral Way Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 2AF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12256163
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Chimney at Springfield MillOn this site · +2 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 11/2001Part of the site · +8 more
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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© 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.

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