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4 Wents Wood Weavering Kent ME14 5BL

25/503979/TPOATree Preservation Order ApplicationApproved

Approved on 25 November 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO Application to crown reduce 7no. Field Maple trees (T1-T7) by 6m-7m from 12m high and 10m width to 6m high (previous reduction point) and 5m width. To reduce 1no. Norway Maple tree (T8) by 4m-5m from a height of 13m and width of 10m to 8m in height (previous reduction point) and 6m width all within TPO No. 7 of 1991.

Received
2 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Grove Green And Vinters Park
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.28 Oct
  4. Target27 Nov
  5. Decided25 Nov

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Wents Wood Weavering Kent ME14 5BL. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Grove Green And Vinters Park. We hold 1,563 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 5BL
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Boxley

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2025
Last date for comments
28 October 2025
Target decision date
27 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14242819
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 7/1991Part of 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

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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