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3 Ashurst Road Maidstone Kent ME14 5PZ

26/500895/TPOATree Preservation Order ApplicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Tree Preservation Order application: T1 Sycamore - Crown lift to 5m (to give clearance of lamp). Currently limited lighting on the footpath.

Received
9 March 2026
Decision due
4 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Grove Green And Vinters Park
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.31 Mar
  4. Target4 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 31 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (2)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 Ashurst Road Maidstone Kent ME14 5PZ. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Grove Green And Vinters Park. We hold 1,569 applications in total for the ME14 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
ME14 5PZ
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Unparished

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 March 2026
Last date for comments
31 March 2026
Committee meeting
21 April 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14765722
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 3/1971Part of the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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© 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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