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Lorenden Preparatory School Painters Forstal Road Ospringe Kent ME13 0EN

26/502281/TCATrees in Conservation AreaAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Conservation area notification: Carry out various works as per Tree Inspection Report by Curley Consultants received 12/06/26.

Received
12 June 2026
Decision due
24 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Downs
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.7 Jul
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 7 July.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (3)

About this application

This is a tree application at Lorenden Preparatory School Painters Forstal Road Ospringe Kent ME13 0EN. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 12 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Whitehill conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across East Downs. 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 0EN
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ospringe

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2026
Last date for comments
7 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15007066
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Whitehill
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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, 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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