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Little Gregory Church Street Shoreham Kent TN14 7SL

24/00473/WTCAWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 2 April 2024

Council decision: No Objection LodgedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Common Beech - Reduce height of the tree by approximately 50% and bring sides in slightly to bring them off clients property. There is also a Failed limb from beech hanging over school property. To remove limb by use of rigging techniques from Lawson cypress in the school playground. T2 Lawson cypress Prune back hard to boundary line.

Received
23 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Otford & Shoreham
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target5 Apr
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Little Gregory Church Street Shoreham Kent TN14 7SL. Sevenoaks has handled 1,111 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Otford & Shoreham. We hold 1,032 applications in total for the TN14 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at Sevenoaks District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN14 7SL
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shoreham

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2024
Last date for comments
13 March 2024
Target decision date
5 April 2024
Permission expires
2 April 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4 Copperfields Orchard Kemsing Sevenoaks TN15 6QH

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12831484
Documents
3
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Shoreham
  • Green belt: SevenoaksNext to the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    23 Feb

    Removal of failed limb to Beech tree.

    ApprovedTree 5 day notification emergency worksFiled alongside24/00455/W5DAY
  2. 2024
    23 Feb

    T1 Common Beech - Reduce height of the tree by approximately 50% and bring sides in slightly to bring them…

    This applicationApprovedTrees24/00473/WTCA

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