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Sorrento Station Road Staplehurst Kent TN12 0PZ

25/501065/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 31 March 2025

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Conservation Area Notification: Yew - Reduction of 3 to 4m to appropriate branch axils, leaving the final height of around 8-9 metres to match the conifers along the rear boundary. Conifer hedge - Trim the side and cut the top to match the height of the conifers along the rear boundary.

Received
14 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Staplehurst
  1. Received14 Mar
  2. Validated14 Mar
  3. Consult.18 Mar
  4. Target25 Apr
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 17 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Sorrento Station Road Staplehurst Kent TN12 0PZ. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 days, 6 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN12 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
TN12 0PZ
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Staplehurst

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 March 2025
Last date for comments
18 March 2025
Target decision date
25 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Miss Tamara Constable 1 Turnden Cottages Hartley Road Cranbrook Kent TN17 3QR

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13857192
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Listed building: Grade II: SorrentoOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 15/1975
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

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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