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Sutton Valence School North Street Sutton Valence Kent ME17 3HL

25/503981/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 22 October 2025

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Conservation area notification for works to trees. Holm oak - reduce crown by approximately 3m from a height of 12m to a height of 9m, shaping the crown as much as possible. Cut up and clear the remaining section of the failed sub-stem. Chip brushwood and remove all arisings including the wood, unless otherwise instructed.

Received
30 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Headcorn And Sutton Valence
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.23 Oct
  4. Target11 Nov
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Sutton Valence School North Street Sutton Valence Kent ME17 3HL. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 5 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across Headcorn And Sutton Valence. We hold 1,310 applications in total for the ME17 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
ME17 3HL
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sutton Valence

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2025
Last date for comments
23 October 2025
Target decision date
11 November 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14354875
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.

  • Conservation area: Sutton Valence
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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