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

TA/0152/11Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 8 December 2011

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree Preservation Order application: TPO No. 22 of 1975: an application for consent to carry out crown thinning of Cedar T2 and Sycamore G2 by 15% in each case.

Received
30 September 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harrietsham And Lenham
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided8 Dec

Decided in 69 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 69 days, 13 days longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. 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
30 September 2011
Target decision date
24 November 2011
Application expires
25 November 2011
Permission expires
7 December 2013

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 22/1995Part of the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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Planning history at this site

10 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. 2016
    3 Sep

    TPO application to remove deadwood from one Cedar (T2), remove deadwood and reduce crown of one Sycamore (T3)…

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order16/506344/TPO
  6. 2014
    3 Jun

    TREES: Deadwooding and crown thinning to all trees covered by TPO, no more than 15% in each case

    RefusedTree Preservation Order14/500422/TPO

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