Milstead Primary School School Lane Milstead Kent ME9 0SJ
Approved on 23 January 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
TPO application to remove major dead wood from one Wild Cherry (0646). One Red Oak (1075) remove dead wood and broken branches overhanging school field and one Common Ash (1076) remove two broken branches on north-western side of crown, reduce north-eastern branches to give a 0.5m clearance from overhead cables and removal of deadwood. TPO 11 of 2003.
- Received
- 19 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- West Downs
- ReceivedReceived19 Dec
- ValidatedValidated19 Dec
- Consult.Consultation13 Jan
- TargetTarget Date13 Feb
- DecidedDecided23 Jan
Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Milstead Primary School School Lane Milstead Kent ME9 0SJ. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across West Downs. We hold 1,169 applications in total for the ME9 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
- ME9 0SJ
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Milstead
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 13 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 13 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Miss Tamara Constable 1 Turnden Cottages Hartley Road Cranbrook TN17 3QR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14577100
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
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, 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Mid Kent
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