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8 Ospringe Road Faversham Kent ME13 7LJ

26/500178/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 23 February 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conservation Area Notification: To reduce 1no. Flowering Cherry tree (T1) from 3m to 2m away from garden. To reduce 1no. Japanese Acer tree (T2) by 25%, reducing height from 5m to 3.5m and width in all directions from 3m to 2.2m.

Received
15 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St. Ann's
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target26 Feb
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 8 Ospringe Road Faversham Kent ME13 7LJ. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in the Faversham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across St. Ann's. We hold 1,018 applications in total for the ME13 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
ME13 7LJ
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Faversham Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2026
Last date for comments
11 February 2026
Target decision date
26 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Laburnum Cottage The Street Eastling ME13 0AZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14627083
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Faversham - Faversham Town
  • Article 4 direction: Faversham Conservation AreaPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, 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

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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