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Ethelbert Square Gardens Westgate Bay Avenue Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8SR

TCA/TH/25/1057Tree Works Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 19 December 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionPlanning committee

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

Proposal

1no Norway Maple, 1no Sycamore (T554, T557) - prune to clear the building by 2m, 1no Cherry (T556) - remove the hanger, 1no Cherry (T547) - crown lift to 5.5m and remove epicormic up to 2m, 1no Holm Oak (T563) - crown lift to 5.5m, 1no Sycamore (T562) - remove deadwood and epicormic growth up to 6m, 2no Yew (T561, T550) - crown lift to 3.5m, 1no Holm Oak (T560) - crown lift to 5.5m and remove epicormic growth, 1no Yew (T559) - crown lift to 3.5m and remove self set sycamore, 1no Norway Maple (T558) - prune to clear building by 2m and install non invasive brace, 1no Cherry (T556) - remove lowest branch, 1no Sycamore (T1) - remove deadwood, 1no Holm Oak (T553) - crown lift to 5.5m and remove epicormic growth up to 6m, 1no Yew (T552) - crown lift to 3.5m and remove elder to ground level, 1no Sycamore (T549) - remove epicormic growth and deadwood, 1no Yew (T548) - prune overhanging branches,

Received
30 September 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Westgate-on-Sea
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated10 Oct
  3. Consult.6 Nov
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 70 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a tree application at Ethelbert Square Gardens Westgate Bay Avenue Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8SR. Thanet has handled 466 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 10 days longer than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 8SR
Application type
Tree Works Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westgate Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 October 2025
Consultation expiry
16 December 2025
Consultation start
16 October 2025
Consultation end
6 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
9 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
16 December 2025
Last date for comments
16 December 2025
Target decision date
21 November 2025
Committee meeting
17 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6

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 Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
  • Brownfield land register: 33 Ethelbert Square Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8SRRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 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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