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Countess Mountbatten Court Canterbury Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8NQ

TCA/TH/17/0716Tree Works Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 27 June 2017

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Holm Oak (T1) - Crown lift to 6m, 1No Leylandii (T2) - Crown lift to 3m, 1No Lime (T4) - Crown lift to 3m and remove hanging branch, 1No Whitebeam (T5) - Cut back branch overhanging neighbours by 2m, 1No Horse Chestnut (T7) - Remove hanging branch, 1No Holm Oak (T8) - Reduce end load on leaning limb by 20%

Received
16 May 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westgate-on-Sea
  1. Received16 May
  2. Validated16 May
  3. Consult.23 Jun
  4. Target27 Jun
  5. Decided27 Jun

Decided in 42 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a tree application at Countess Mountbatten Court Canterbury Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8NQ. Thanet has handled 466 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 4 weeks quicker than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Westgate-on-Sea. We hold 617 applications in total for the CT8 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at Thanet District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CT8 8NQ
Application type
Tree Works Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westgate Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 May 2017
Last date for comments
23 June 2017
Target decision date
27 June 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Heartwood Tree Care
Agent address
2 Kittington Cottages Nonington Dover Kent CT15 4ET

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Westgate On Sea South Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
  • Tree Preservation OrderProtected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • Brownfield land register: St Peters Prestbytery 117 Canterbury Road Westgate On SeaRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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, 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 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.

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    2 Apr

    1No Ash (T1) - Crown Reduction to the East by 2m. Current radial spread 5m leaving at 3m.

    ApprovedTree Works Conservation AreaTCA/TH/26/0339
  2. 2025
    15 Dec

    1No Ash (T1) - Crown Reduction to the East by 2m. Current radial spread 5m leaving at 3m.

    ApprovedTree Works Conservation AreaTCA/TH/25/1354
  3. 2025
    22 Apr

    T2. Sycamore - Reduce height and radial spread by 2m. Current height 14m leaving at 12m. Current radial…

    ApprovedTree Works Conservation AreaTCA/TH/25/0469
  4. 2025
    25 Mar

    1No Ash (T3) - Reduce height and radial spread by 2m pruning back to previous points

    ApprovedTree Works Conservation AreaTCA/TH/25/0358
  5. 2022
    9 Jun

    1No Birch (T1) - Crown lift to 3m from ground level, 1No Chestnut (T2)- Reduce radial spread over the lawn…

    ApprovedTree Works Conservation AreaTCA/TH/22/0792
  6. 2019
    26 Nov

    Change of use of from 1No three bedroom maisonette into 2No one-bed flats together with landscaping works to…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionF/TH/19/1606

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