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Rivendell, Ashford Road, Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 1BH

TA/0089/08Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 9 October 2008

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

An application for consent to; T2 Cedar - remove 1 lower limb and cut back branches to clear property by 2m on an annual basis; G2 x 4no. Cherry - cut back branches where overhanging driveway; 1 x Sycamore - remove low limb; G1 x 1 no. Lime - remove one lower limb, all trees being subject to Tree Preservation Order no. 22 of 1995.

Received
15 August 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harrietsham And Lenham
  1. Received15 Aug
  2. Validated15 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Oct
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rivendell, Ashford Road, Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 1BH. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,310 applications in total for the ME17 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
ME17 1BH
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harrietsham

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 August 2008
Target decision date
9 October 2008
Application expires
10 October 2008
Permission expires
8 October 2010

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

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.

  • 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.

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    25 Jul

    Tree Preservation Order Application: Reduce by 2m G1 - 2 Lime trees that overhang the driveway. Lime trees…

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order Application23/503356/TPOA
  2. 2021
    9 Jul

    TPO Application for 1 x Cedar (T2), 1 x Sycamore (T3) and 1 x Sycamore (G2) Cut branches on side of…

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order Application21/503840/TPOA
  3. 2019
    27 Feb

    TPO application to remove one main stem of 1no. Lime Tree, & general dead wooding to group of trees.

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order Application19/500931/TPOA
  4. 2017
    27 Jun

    TPO Application - 1 x Sycamore, cut overhanging branches back to boundary hedge

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order17/503354/TPO
  5. 2011
    24 Oct

    Tree Preservation OrderApplication: TPO No: 22 of 1995: an application for consent to cut back one small…

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderTA/0171/11
  6. 2011
    30 Sep

    Tree Preservation Order application: TPO No. 22 of 1975: an application for consent to carry out crown…

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderTA/0152/11

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