Little Mount Church Lane Bearsted Kent ME14 4EF

26/504010/TCATrees in Conservation AreaAwaiting decision

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Conservation area notification to remove one (T1) Sycamore due to potentially dangerous growing

Received: 19 October 2026
Decision due: 30 November 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 0 · last counted 28 October 2026
Council: Maidstone Borough Council
Ward: Bearsted And Downswood

ReceivedReceived19 Oct
ValidatedValidated19 Oct
Consult.Consultation23 Oct
TargetTarget Date30 Nov
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is a tree application at Little Mount Church Lane Bearsted Kent ME14 4EF. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Bearsted, Holy Cross Church conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 66 applications across Bearsted And Downswood. We hold 1,560 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 4EF
Application type: Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Bearsted

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 October 2026
Last date for comments: 23 October 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-15306355
Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Bearsted Village Green and Holy Cross Church+1 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Mid Kent

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