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Oakwood House Oakwood Park Tonbridge Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8AE

24/502068/TPOATree Preservation Order ApplicationApproved

Approved on 25 June 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

TPO Application to complete works as described on Application Form (received 16.05.2024).

Received
16 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Fant And Oakwood
  1. Received16 May
  2. Validated16 May
  3. Consult.11 Jun
  4. Target11 Jul
  5. Decided25 Jun

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Oakwood House Oakwood Park Tonbridge Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8AE. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Fant And Oakwood. 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 8AE
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 May 2024
Last date for comments
11 June 2024
Target decision date
11 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Arboricultural Manager Neil Potts 1 Abbey Wood Road Kings Hill West Malling ME19 4YT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13072318
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 4/2006
  • 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

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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