Oakwell Cottages Church Hill Hernhill Kent ME13 9JX
Approved on 13 September 2023
Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conservation area notification : T1 Maple located in the rear garden, reduce in height by approximately 1.5 - 2m and re-shape all round accordingly, leaving the tree in its best shape possible. carry out a 20% crown thin. T2 - Silver Birch located in the corner of the garden, carry out a 25% crown thin, allowing more light through the tree and lift the low growth up to approximately 1.5 - 2m, allowing you to walk under the tree.
- Received
- 3 August 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Boughton And Courtenay
- ReceivedReceived3 Aug
- ValidatedValidated3 Aug
- Consult.Consultation22 Aug
- TargetTarget Date14 Sep
- DecidedDecided13 Sep
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Oakwell Cottages Church Hill Hernhill Kent ME13 9JX. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in the Staplestreet conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Boughton And Courtenay. We hold 1,018 applications in total for the ME13 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
- ME13 9JX
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hernhill
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 August 2023
- Last date for comments
- 22 August 2023
- Target decision date
- 14 September 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Darren Parr Firwood Cottage Braggs Lane Herne Common Herne Bay CT6 7NP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12362962
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: StaplestreetPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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