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Trees Along River Len Footpath Spot Lane Downswood Kent

25/500243/TPOATree Preservation Order ApplicationWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 12 June 2025

Council decision: Application WithdrawnPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree Preservation order application: Ash - Remove hanging limb and also the whole section of the tree to ground (due to condition and location)

Received
12 February 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Bearsted And Downswood
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.27 Mar
  4. Target9 Apr
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 120 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Trees Along River Len Footpath Spot Lane Downswood Kent. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 120 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 66 applications across Bearsted And Downswood.

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Application details

Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Downswood

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2025
Consultation expiry
26 March 2025
Last date for comments
27 March 2025
Target decision date
9 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Caroline Everest 68 Langdale Rise Maidstone Kent ME16 0EX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
5 March 2025
Site notice end
26 March 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13711592
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 9/1975Part of the site
  • Local nature reserve: Spot LanePart of the site
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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.

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© 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.

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Source: Mid Kent

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