24 St Francis Close Penenden Heath Kent ME14 2TQ
Proposal
TPO application to Remove (T1, T2, T3, T7) Ulmus as they are dead, to crown reduce two (T5, T6) Pinus by 2m from 20m to 18m height and 10m to 8m spread and to remove deadwood, two (T8, T10) Acer/Tilia to crown reduce by 2m from 20m to 18m height and 10m to 8m spread and crown lift to 5m from ground level, one (T9) Fraxinus to remove to ground level due to signs of Ash die back, to crown lift three Ulmus and 4 Acer (T11-T17) to 5m from ground level due to encroaching on road, to nine Acers, one Betula and one Salix (T21-26, T30-T35) to crown reduce by 2m and crown lift to 5m from ground level, to remove one (T28) Acer to ground level due to large cavity. one (T32) Pyrocantha to reduce crown by 2m due to encroaching on garden and to also reduce the crown of one (T36) Sambucus by 2m due to excess shading on garden. also as shown on the tree report
- Received
- 10 February 2026
- Decided
- 16 March 2026 · Application Permitted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Penenden Heath
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- ReceivedSubmitted10 Feb
- ValidatedValidated10 Feb
- Consult.Consultation5 Mar
- TargetTarget Date7 Apr
- DecidedDecided16 Mar
Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at 24 St Francis Close Penenden Heath Kent ME14 2TQ. Mid Kent has handled 824 applications of this type and approves 93% of them, typically deciding them in 44 days. This one was decided in 34 days, 10 days quicker than Mid Kent's median. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Penenden Heath. We hold 1,515 applications in total for the ME14 postcode area.
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- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 2/2000Part of the site · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
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