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3A Heathfield Road Penenden Heath Maidstone Kent ME14 2AD

23/504397/TPOATree Preservation Order ApplicationApproved

Approved on 6 December 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Tree Preservation Order application: T1, Mature Copper Beech tree - reduce to the previous pruning points, northern spread reduce from 6 m to 4.5 m, eastern 5 m to 3 m, southern spread 6 m to 4.5 m, western spread of 5 m to 3 m, height 19 m to 17 m, lift from 2 m to 4 m. T2, Mature Copper Beech tree - reduce to the previous pruning points, northern spread 3.5 m to 2 m, eastern 6 m to 4 m, southern spread 7 m to 5 m, western spread of 5.5 m to 3.5 m, height 19 m to 17 m, lift from 2 m to 4 m.

Received
25 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East
  1. Received25 Sep
  2. Validated25 Sep
  3. Consult.17 Oct
  4. Target20 Nov
  5. Decided6 Dec

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3A Heathfield Road Penenden Heath Maidstone Kent ME14 2AD. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 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 2AD
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 September 2023
Last date for comments
17 October 2023
Target decision date
20 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO. Mr Aaron Mcgimpsey-Joyce Lightwood Blind Lane Bredhurst ME73JR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12483422
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Mid Kent

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