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Sunnyhurst The Grove Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8AS

TCA/TH/25/1236Tree Works Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 18 December 2025

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

Proposal

G1 - Re-pollard the three sycamore trees.

Received
14 November 2025
Ward
Westgate-on-Sea
Agent
Hartlee tree surgery Ltd
  1. Received14 Nov
  2. Validated15 Nov
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target27 Dec
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 33 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a tree application at Sunnyhurst The Grove Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8AS. Thanet has handled 466 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 5 weeks quicker than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. 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 8AS
Application type
Tree Works Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westgate Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 November 2025
Consultation expiry
11 December 2025
Consultation start
20 November 2025
Consultation end
11 December 2025
Last date for comments
26 December 2025
Target decision date
27 December 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
3

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.

Source: Thanet

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