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London Road Retail Park London Road Maidstone Kent ME16 0DT

25/504522/TPOATree Preservation Order ApplicationWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 23 December 2025

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

TPO application to Reduce the height of (T1) Common Lime Tree from 7m to 5m and to crown lift 3m from ground level due to obstructing vehicles when queuing for traffic lights

Received
18 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Allington And Bridge
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.10 Dec
  4. Target13 Jan
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at London Road Retail Park London Road Maidstone Kent ME16 0DT. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 35 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Allington And Bridge. 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 0DT
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Unparished

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2025
Last date for comments
10 December 2025
Target decision date
13 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Kingfisher House Radford Way Billericay CM12 0EQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14323606
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Maidstone United Football GroundPart of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 12/2007Part of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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