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The Vicarage Church Lane Newington Kent ME9 7JU

26/502530/TPOATree Preservation Order ApplicationApproved

Approved on 4 September 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO application: T5 - Yew tree - Reduce the tree to height of no less than 8m, and radial distance of 4m.

Received
10 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hartlip, Newington And Upchurch
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated10 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Sep
  5. Decided4 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Vicarage Church Lane Newington Kent ME9 7JU. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Hartlip, Newington And Upchurch. We hold 1,173 applications in total for the ME9 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
ME9 7JU
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newington

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 July 2026
Target decision date
4 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Darren Parr Firwood Cottage Braggs Lane Herne Common Herne Bay CT6 7NP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15052624
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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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