Land Adj 22 Tufa Close Boxley Kent ME5 9LU

25/504352/TPOATree Preservation Order ApplicationWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 2 December 2025

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

TPO application to reduce three Chestnut (T1-T3) and two Beech (T4 and T5) to a height of 14m, lower limbed spear to 7m and 4m spread (TPO 1 1969).

Received: 22 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Maidstone Borough Council
Ward: Boxley Downs

ReceivedReceived22 Oct
ValidatedValidated22 Oct
Consult.Consultation18 Nov
TargetTarget Date17 Dec
DecidedDecided2 Dec

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land Adj 22 Tufa Close Boxley Kent ME5 9LU. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 41 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Boxley Downs. We hold 479 applications in total for the ME5 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: ME5 9LU
Application type: Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Boxley

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 October 2025
Last date for comments: 18 November 2025
Target decision date: 17 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: FAO Mr Nathaniel Beckett 2 Eastwood Cottage Eastwood Road Ulcombe PA21 2AQ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14428463
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.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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Source: Mid Kent

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