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Holy Trinity And St Johns C Of E Primary School St Johns Road Margate Kent CT9 1LU

TCA/TH/25/0724Tree Works Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 5 August 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T2 - Holm Oak tree, reduce tree over school grounds by 3 metres to alleviate end sail weight and reduce stress on the defect in the trunk. T4 - Damson tree, Cut back to clear 1 metre from the light. T6 - Holm Oak tree, Reduce the stem that overhangs the school by 4 metres in length. T8 - Lime tree, Reduce the tree by 5 metres in height only to ease stress on defects. T14 - Cherry tree, Cut back branches to clear street light by 1 metre Reduce co-dominate branch 4.5 metres, T15- Sycamore tree, Cut back branches from light and give 1 meter clearance (remove limb) remove 1 metres section.

Received
19 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Margate Central
Agent
Hartlee tree surgery Ltd
  1. Received19 Jun
  2. Validated25 Jun
  3. Consult.25 Jul
  4. Target6 Aug
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 41 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a tree application at Holy Trinity And St Johns C Of E Primary School St Johns Road Margate Kent CT9 1LU. Thanet has handled 466 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 3 weeks quicker than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Margate Central. We hold 1,298 applications in total for the CT9 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
CT9 1LU
Application type
Tree Works Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 June 2025
Last date for comments
25 July 2025
Target decision date
6 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hartlee tree surgery Ltd
Agent address
2 Springfield Cottages Bekesbourne Lane Canterbury CT4 5DX

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
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: Margate Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 18, St John'S RoadOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Margate ED
  • Brownfield land register: Legion House 18 St Johns RoadRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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 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 2026-11-03. 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.

Source: Thanet

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