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Rivendell Ashford Road Harrietsham Maidstone Kent ME17 1BH

23/503356/TPOATree Preservation Order ApplicationApproved

Approved on 27 September 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree Preservation Order Application: Reduce by 2m G1 - 2 Lime trees that overhang the driveway. Lime trees are approximately 80 feet tall and after cutting will have a spread of 38 feet diameter. Deadwood all other trees in groups G2, G3, T2 and T3, where necessary. Trim T2 - 25mm branches that overhang fence at low level.

Received
25 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harrietsham And Lenham
  1. Received25 Jul
  2. Validated25 Jul
  3. Consult.16 Aug
  4. Target19 Sep
  5. Decided27 Sep

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rivendell Ashford Road Harrietsham Maidstone Kent ME17 1BH. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,310 applications in total for the ME17 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
ME17 1BH
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harrietsham

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 July 2023
Last date for comments
16 August 2023
Target decision date
19 September 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 22/1995Part 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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© 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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Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    9 Jul

    TPO Application for 1 x Cedar (T2), 1 x Sycamore (T3) and 1 x Sycamore (G2) Cut branches on side of…

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order Application21/503840/TPOA
  2. 2019
    27 Feb

    TPO application to remove one main stem of 1no. Lime Tree, & general dead wooding to group of trees.

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order Application19/500931/TPOA
  3. 2017
    27 Jun

    TPO Application - 1 x Sycamore, cut overhanging branches back to boundary hedge

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order17/503354/TPO
  4. 2016
    3 Sep

    TPO application to remove deadwood from one Cedar (T2), remove deadwood and reduce crown of one Sycamore (T3)…

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order16/506344/TPO
  5. 2014
    3 Jun

    TREES: Deadwooding and crown thinning to all trees covered by TPO, no more than 15% in each case

    RefusedTree Preservation Order14/500422/TPO
  6. 2011
    24 Oct

    Tree Preservation OrderApplication: TPO No: 22 of 1995: an application for consent to cut back one small…

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderTA/0171/11

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