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14 Podkin Wood Walderslade Kent ME5 9LY

25/504691/TPOATree Preservation Order ApplicationApproved

Approved on 8 January 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree preservation order application to reduce Oak tree by 3m and the 2 lowest branches to be removed (crown reduction up to 12m from ground level) subject to TPO 1 of 1969

Received
14 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boxley Downs
  1. Received14 Nov
  2. Validated14 Nov
  3. Consult.24 Dec
  4. Target9 Jan
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 14 Podkin Wood Walderslade Kent ME5 9LY. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. 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 9LY
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Boxley

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 November 2025
Last date for comments
24 December 2025
Target decision date
9 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14489978
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1/1969Covers the site
  • Ancient woodland: Frith/Impton WoodsNext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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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