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Elms Barn High Street Yalding Kent ME18 6HU

26/500267/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 17 February 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conservation Area Notification: - Lawson Cypress - Fell and replace with smaller trees, more suitable to the size of the garden and the proximity to the house.

Received
22 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Marden And Yalding
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.27 Jan
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Elms Barn High Street Yalding Kent ME18 6HU. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 138 applications across Marden And Yalding. We hold 199 applications in total for the ME18 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
ME18 6HU
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Yalding

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2026
Last date for comments
27 January 2026
Target decision date
5 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14605577
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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

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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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