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The Godlands Straw Mill Hill Tovil Kent ME15 6XB

23/505613/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 6 February 2024

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conservation Area Application: T1 Fir Section - Fell to ground. T202 Norway Spruce - Fell to ground. T203 Swamp Cypress - Fell to ground. T204 Larch Section - Fell to ground. T205 Oak Section - Fell to leave 6m stump. T206 Elm Section - Fell Dead Stems. T207 Scots Pine Section - Fell to ground. T208 False Acacia - Reduce long stem over road. Reduce remaining crown to balance. T209 Corsican Pine - Remove major dead wood. T210 Holly - Fell to ground. T211 Sycamore - Fell to ground. T934 (Old Tag) Holly - Fell to ground.

Received
8 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South
  1. Received8 Dec
  2. Validated8 Dec
  3. Consult.5 Jan
  4. Target19 Jan
  5. Decided6 Feb

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Godlands Straw Mill Hill Tovil Kent ME15 6XB. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days 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 1,478 applications in total for the ME15 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
ME15 6XB
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tovil

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 December 2023
Last date for comments
5 January 2024
Target decision date
19 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mrs Madeline Taig New Pond Farm Depot Woodhatch Road Reigate RH2 7QH

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12665017
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Loose Valley
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 3/1965Part of the site · +1 more
  • Ancient woodlandNext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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, 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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