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Rock House 1 Bedford Place Maidstone Kent ME16 8JB

24/501838/TPOATree Preservation Order ApplicationApproved

Approved on 5 June 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO application to: Clear basal sucker growth to a height of 2m and sever ivy near ground level to one Lime (T1).One Sycamore (T2) - sever ivy near ground level, one Holly (T4) - crown lift to clear 2.5m over footway and 5m over road and sever ivy and polygonum near ground level. One Elder (T5) in decline - fell to ground level. One Yew (T6) - reduce spread of branches on west, cut back to clear building by 2m side from 7m to 5m) and sever ivy near to ground level. One Holly (T7) - sever ivy near ground level and cut back from road sign so that it is visible to traffic.

Received
29 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bridge
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated29 Apr
  3. Consult.22 May
  4. Target24 Jun
  5. Decided5 Jun

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rock House 1 Bedford Place Maidstone Kent ME16 8JB. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 799 applications in total for the ME16 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
ME16 8JB
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Unparished

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 April 2024
Last date for comments
22 May 2024
Target decision date
24 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
F.A.O Mr Alan Rowland Layhams Farm, Layhams Road Keston Kent BR2 6AR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13017244
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Maidstone, Rocky HillPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Rock HouseOn this site · +2 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 9/1972Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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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