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Questeds 76 Canterbury Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8JX

TCA/TH/25/0688Tree Works Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 23 July 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

1No Leylandii (T1) - 50% crown reduction in height to a finish height of 5.5m, 1No Eucalyptus (T2) - Fell

Received
12 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westgate-on-Sea
Agent
Top Branch Tree Services
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.3 Jul
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 41 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a tree application at Questeds 76 Canterbury Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8JX. Thanet has handled 466 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 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 6 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 8JX
Application type
Tree Works Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westgate Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2025
Consultation expiry
3 July 2025
Consultation start
12 June 2025
Consultation end
3 July 2025
Last date for comments
11 July 2025
Target decision date
24 July 2025
Decision issued
24 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Top Branch Tree Services
Agent address
51 Holly Lane Margate CT9 3NE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Westgate On Sea South Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    7 Apr

    9 No Sycamore (T1-T9) - Re-pollard to maintain the pollard cycle and allow light into the gardens behind.

    ApprovedTree Works Conservation AreaTCA/TH/26/0350
  2. 2026
    16 Mar

    M/TPO/1(1950)G1 - 2No Sycamore (T2, T4) - Fell, 1No Sycamore (T5) - Remove East facing limb due to poor…

    ApprovedTree Works TPOTPO/TH/26/0268
  3. 2023
    4 Feb

    M/TPO/1(1950)G1 - 10 No Sycamore (4, 6, 7, 16, 20, 57, 58, 59, 60, 68) - Cut back by 2m from the tips where…

    ApprovedTree Works TPOTPO/TH/23/0185
  4. 2022
    12 Jul

    M/TPO/1(1950)G1 - 1No Ash Tree - Crown reduce by 8m, 2No Sycamore -reduction of around 12 to 15% in height…

    ApprovedTree Works TPOTPO/TH/22/0965
  5. 2021
    18 Oct

    M/TPO/1(1950)G1 - 7No Sycamore (T3, T32, T59, T76, T108, T113, T130) - Fell, 2No Elm (T75, T83) - Fell, 1No…

    ApprovedTree Works TPOTPO/TH/21/1632
  6. 2017
    1 Nov

    M/TPO/1(1950)G1 - 2No Ash (T1 and T2) - Fell

    ApprovedTree Works TPOTPO/TH/17/1601

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