Chantry House The Street Bredgar Kent ME9 8EX
Approved on 25 February 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
TPO application to crown reduce one Horse Chestnut (T2) by the selective removal of between 2.5-3 metres from the branch tips depending on the opportunities for cutting back to suitable live growth in each instance. Reducing height from 13m to 10m and radial spread from 6m to 4-4.5m.
- Received
- 15 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- West Downs
- ReceivedReceived15 Jan
- ValidatedValidated15 Jan
- Consult.Consultation10 Feb
- TargetTarget Date12 Mar
- DecidedDecided25 Feb
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Chantry House The Street Bredgar Kent ME9 8EX. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in the Bredgar conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across West Downs. We hold 1,173 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 8EX
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bredgar
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 10 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 12 March 2026
- Decision issued
- 26 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO: Mr Wayne Elwell Ebb House 11 St. Swithins Road Whitstable Kent CT5 2HT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14576718
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bredgar
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref TP-62-1Part of the site
- National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, 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, 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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