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St Mary's Church Church Square Lenham Kent ME17 2PJ

26/500507/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 16 March 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conservation area notification to: Two Lime (T1 and T2) prune back the north west-facing canopy of the tree by a maximum of three metres, leaving a finished northern radial crown spread of 3m. One Lime (T3) remove all epicormic growth from the base of the tree and prune back the north west-facing canopy of the tree by a maximum of three metres, leaving a finished northern radial crown spread of 3m.

Received
11 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harrietsham, Lenham And North Downs
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.12 Feb
  4. Target25 Mar
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Mary's Church Church Square Lenham Kent ME17 2PJ. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 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 122 applications across Harrietsham, Lenham And North Downs. We hold 1,310 applications in total for the ME17 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
ME17 2PJ
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lenham

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2026
Last date for comments
12 February 2026
Target decision date
25 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Caroline Everest 68 Langdale Rise Maidstone ME16 0EX

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14690624
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lenham VillagePart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Court LodgeOn this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Lenham Conservation AreaPart of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 11/1971Part of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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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