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

TCA/TH/26/0339Tree Works Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 18 May 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

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

Received
2 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westgate-on-Sea
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.28 Apr
  4. Target14 May
  5. Decided18 May

Decided in 46 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 46 days, 3 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
2 April 2026
Consultation expiry
28 April 2026
Consultation start
7 April 2026
Consultation end
28 April 2026
Last date for comments
15 May 2026
Target decision date
14 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bruks Tree Surgery
Agent address
Sparrow Castle Farm Shottendane Road Birchington Kent CT7 0BF

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: Westgate On Sea South Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
  • Brownfield land register: St Peters Prestbytery 117 Canterbury Road Westgate On SeaRegister 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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 2017
    16 May

    Holm Oak (T1) - Crown lift to 6m, 1No Leylandii (T2) - Crown lift to 3m, 1No Lime (T4) - Crown lift to 3m and…

    ApprovedTree Works Conservation AreaTCA/TH/17/0716

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