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83 Lombardy Drive Maidstone Kent ME14 5TB

24/505061/TPOATree Preservation Order ApplicationApproved

Approved on 23 January 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree Preservation Order application: (TPO 22 OF 1981)T1, Mature Field Maple in the rear garden. The tree has a large cavity at around 3 meters from ground level. We would like to remove the tree to ground level.

Received
10 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Grove Green And Vinters Park
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.6 Jan
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 83 Lombardy Drive Maidstone Kent ME14 5TB. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days 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 70 applications across Grove Green And Vinters Park. 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 5TB
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2024
Last date for comments
6 January 2025
Target decision date
4 February 2025

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-13566581
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1/1954Covers 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    6 Nov

    TPO application to remove one Scots Pine (T1) to ground level.

    PendingApplication26/504274/TPOA

Source: Mid Kent

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