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Five Farthings, Aldington Road, Lympne, Hythe, CT21 4LH

21/1663/FHWorks to Trees covered by a TPOPending Decision

Proposal

Re-pollard back to previous pollard points of six Sycamores subject of Tree Preservation Order No. 21 of 2008

Received
4 August 2021
Decided
28 February 2022 · Approve with Conditions
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hythe Rural
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target24 Feb
  5. Decided28 Feb

Decided in 208 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Shepway93% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at Five Farthings, Aldington Road, Lympne, Hythe, CT21 4LH. Shepway has handled 237 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 50 days. This one was decided in 208 days, 23 weeks longer than Shepway's median. The site is in the Lympne conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Hythe Rural. We hold 1,116 applications in total for the CT21 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
21/1663/FH
Address
Five Farthings, Aldington Road, Lympne, Hythe, CT21 4LH
Postcode
CT21 4LH
Local Authority
Shepway
Application Type
Works to Trees covered by a TPO
Scale / Size
Medium
Decision Status
Conditions
Current Status
Closed
Ward
Hythe Rural
Parish
Lympne Parish

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address
C/o Agent
Agent Address
Heartwood Tree Care 2 Kittington Cottages Nonington Dover CT15 4ET

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
4 August 2021
Consultation Expiry
24 February 2022
Target Decision Date
24 February 2022
Date Decided
28 February 2022
Date Validated
4 August 2021
Date Submitted
4 August 2021
Consultation End
24 February 2022
Application Expires
29 September 2021

Planning Decision

Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
204 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
8
Coordinates
51.074745, 1.022889
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Shepway

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lympne
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (18)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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