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The Old Vicarage The Street Detling Kent ME14 3JT

25/504060/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 24 October 2025

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Conservation area notification to remove one Laurel (T1), Prune one Yew (T2) to give clearance over building, re-pollard two Sycamore (T3) to 5 metres, re-pollard one twin-stemmed Acer (T4) to 4 metres, prune overhang of one Yew (T5) to 2 metres to give clearance, removal of one Silver Birch (T6) and trim one Conifer (T7) to maintain size.

Received
30 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boxley Downs
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.3 Oct
  4. Target11 Nov
  5. Decided24 Oct

Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Vicarage The Street Detling Kent ME14 3JT. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Boxley Downs. We hold 1,560 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 3JT
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Detling

Planning application dates

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

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Caroline Everest 68 Langdale Rise Maidstone ME16 0EX

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14372618
Documents
4

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: Detling
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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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