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Spyholm Kingsdown Road Lynsted Kent ME9 0RA

25/500704/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 18 March 2025

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conservation area notification to reduce height of three cyprus conifer trees to 6m

Received
21 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Teynham And Lynsted
  1. Received21 Feb
  2. Validated21 Feb
  3. Consult.14 Mar
  4. Target4 Apr
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 25 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Spyholm Kingsdown Road Lynsted Kent ME9 0RA. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 4 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in the Kingsdown conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Teynham And Lynsted. We hold 1,168 applications in total for the ME9 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
ME9 0RA
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lynsted With Kingsdown

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 February 2025
Last date for comments
14 March 2025
Target decision date
4 April 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Kingsdown
  • Listed building: Grade II: Yew Tree CottageOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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© 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: 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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