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Three Horse Shoes Staple Street Hernhill Kent ME13 9UA

26/503009/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 3 September 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Conservation area notification to crown reduce Walnut tree (T1) by 2 metres in both height and lateral spread (25%) and shape in side garden cutting away from neighbours property and public house and out buildings. Crown before 11 x 6m / crown after 9 x 4m.

Received
5 August 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boughton And Courtenay
  1. Received5 Aug
  2. Validated5 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Sep
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Three Horse Shoes Staple Street Hernhill Kent ME13 9UA. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in the Staplestreet conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Boughton And Courtenay. 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 9UA
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hernhill

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 August 2026
Target decision date
16 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Alexander Bird 85 Middle Wall Whitstable CT5 1BW
Applicant company

Shepherd Neame Limited

Company number 00138256

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
9 Nov 1914 (112 years old)
Nature of business
Manufacture of beer; Wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages; Hotels and similar accommodation; Public houses and bars
Registered office
Kent

4 other planning applications by this company in Mid Kent, Knowsley and Tunbridge Wells.

  • 26/00500/LBC · Knowsley · Morlands 1 Victoria Road Huyton Knowsley L36 5SA
  • 26/503555/TCA · Mid Kent · 52 Abbey Street Faversham Kent ME13 7BP
  • 26/503554/TCA · Mid Kent · The George Inn 44 The Street Newnham Kent ME9 0LL
  • 26/01543/FULL · Tunbridge Wells · George Hotel Stone Street Cranbrook Kent TN17 3HE
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Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer
Hannah Jordan
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15113543
Documents
2

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: Staplestreet
  • Listed building: Grade II: Holly Tree CottageOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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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