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High Oaks 2 Burleigh Drive Boxley Kent ME14 2HY

25/501886/TPOATree Preservation Order ApplicationRefused

Refused on 15 July 2025

Council decision: TPOA Split Refused/ ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO application to a full crown reduction on T1 Oak on left hand side To a height of 17 metres to 15 metres. Northern radial spread of 7 metres reduce to 5 metres. Eastern radial spread of 7.5 metres to 5.5 metres. Southern radial spread of 5 metres to 4 metres. Western radial spread of 3.5 metres to 3 metres due to casting an excessive shadow on the lower garden and house, T2 Oak on left hand side to have a full crown reduction to height of 16 metres to 15 metres. Northern radial spread of 6.5 metres reduce to 5 metres. Eastern radial spread of 4.5 metres to 3.5 metres. Southern radial spread of 4.5 metres to 3.5 metres. Western radial spread of 6 metres to 4 metres due to casting an excessive shadow on the lower garden and house and one T3 Sweet Chestnut to Section dismantle to ground level as the tree is casting an excessive shadow on the garden below

Received
14 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boxley Downs
  1. Received14 May
  2. Validated14 May
  3. Consult.6 Jun
  4. Target9 Jul
  5. Decided15 Jul

Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at High Oaks 2 Burleigh Drive Boxley Kent ME14 2HY. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer 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 82 applications across Boxley Downs. 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 2HY
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Boxley

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 May 2025
Last date for comments
6 June 2025
Target decision date
9 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
C/O Aaron Mcgimpsey-Joyce Nupkins Blind Lane Bredhurst ME73JR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14000122
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1/1960Covers the site
  • 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

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© 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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