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Hogbarn Woods Hogbarn Lane Harrietsham Kent

25/502910/TPOATree Preservation Order ApplicationApproved

Approved on 14 October 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees are subject to TPO 10 of 2003 (W1)- application to fell 59 no. trees (various species, predominantly Sweet Chestnuts) ranging from 16cm DBH to 58cm DBH; Monolith two dead oak trees; Dead wood two mature Oak trees. No living trees to be felled.

Received
10 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harrietsham, Lenham And North Downs
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated10 Jul
  3. Consult.5 Aug
  4. Target4 Sep
  5. Decided14 Oct

Decided in 96 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Hogbarn Woods Hogbarn Lane Harrietsham Kent. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Harrietsham, Lenham And North Downs.

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

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 July 2025
Last date for comments
5 August 2025
Target decision date
4 September 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14166067
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 10/2003Covers the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Ancient woodland: Hogbarn WoodPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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.

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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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