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Chantry House The Street Bredgar Kent ME9 8EX

25/505234/TPOATree Preservation Order ApplicationApproved

Approved on 25 February 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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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)
Ward
West Downs
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.10 Feb
  4. Target12 Mar
  5. Decided25 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

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bredgar
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Chantry HouseOn this site · +3 more
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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