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The Oaks 12 St Francis Close Penenden Heath ME14 2FR

24/500519/TPOATree Preservation Order ApplicationApproved

Approved on 15 April 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO Application - Oak tree (T1) 19m height, 10m spread: crown reduction as part of on going maintenance to ensure trees remain proportionate to house and light levels are not excessively restricted, height to be brought down by approximately 3m and overall spread reduced to 8m. Also to raise canopy to approximately 4m to allow passage of vehicles and clearance over pavement, 1m clearance of street light. Crown lift one Oak tree (T3) to 4m to allow passage of vehicles, 1m clearance from buildings.

Received
7 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North
  1. Received7 Feb
  2. Validated7 Feb
  3. Consult.29 Feb
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided15 Apr

Decided in 68 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Oaks 12 St Francis Close Penenden Heath ME14 2FR. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 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 1,569 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 2FR
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 February 2024
Last date for comments
29 February 2024
Target decision date
3 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Matt Baker Locarno Forge Lane Maidstone ME15 0HH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12787986
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 2/2000Part 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.

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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