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Lulworth House Queens Avenue Maidstone Kent ME16 0EN

25/503157/TPOATree Preservation Order ApplicationRefused

Refused on 12 September 2025

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO application to reduce the crown of one copper beech tree by reducing the height of the tree from 120ft (36m) to 80ft (24m) and to reduce the spread from 70ft (21m) to 23ft (7m) to achieve a more natural shape improving the balance, appearance and health of the tree

Received
4 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Palace Wood
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.1 Sep
  4. Target29 Sep
  5. Decided12 Sep

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Lulworth House Queens Avenue Maidstone Kent ME16 0EN. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker 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 47 applications across Palace Wood. We hold 799 applications in total for the ME16 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
ME16 0EN
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Unparished

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2025
Last date for comments
1 September 2025
Target decision date
29 September 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14208853
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 19/1972Part of the site · +1 more
  • 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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