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Vale Square Gardens Vale Square RAMSGATE Kent CT11 9DA

TPO/TH/23/1330Tree Works TPOApproved

Approved on 14 December 2023

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TH/TPO/12(1977) - 1No Ash (T1) - Re-pollarded back to the previous pollard points at approximately five metres above ground level, 1No Ash (T2) - Crown lift to give six metres clearance above the adjacent highway, 1No Sycamore (T3) - Reduce the height of the tree by a maximum of three metres and reduce the length of all lateral branches by a maximum of two metres, 1No Sycamore (T4) - Reduce the height of the tree by a maximum of three metres and reduce the length of all lateral branches by a maximum of two metres, 1No Sycamore (T5) - Reduce the height of this triple stem tree by a maximum of three metres and reduce the length of all lateral branches by a maximum of two metres, 1No Sycamore (T6) - Reduce the height of the tree by a maximum of three metres and reduce the length of all lateral branches by a maximum of two metres, 13 No Sycamore and 1No Ash (G7) - Reduce the height of all trees within the group back to the previous pruning points by reducing their overall height by approximately four metres and their lateral branches by a maximum of three metres and crown lift to give six metres clearance above the adjacent highway, 11No Sycamore (G8) - Reduce the height of all trees within the group back to the previous pruning points by reducing their overall height by approximately four metres and the lateral branches by a maximum of three metres, 3No multi stem Sycamore (G9) - Fell, 5No Sycamore (G10) - Fell four of the five Sycamore trees

Received
6 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Central Harbour
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated19 Oct
  3. Consult.16 Nov
  4. Target14 Dec
  5. Decided14 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a tree application at Vale Square Gardens Vale Square RAMSGATE Kent CT11 9DA. Thanet has handled 466 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Central Harbour. We hold 1,207 applications in total for the CT11 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
CT11 9DA
Application type
Tree Works TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ramsgate Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 October 2023
Consultation expiry
16 November 2023
Consultation start
26 October 2023
Consultation end
16 November 2023
Last date for comments
17 November 2023
Target decision date
14 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Invicta Arboriculture
Agent address
High Berwick Stone Street Lympne CT21 4JP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
24
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Ramsgate Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 50, Vale SquareOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • Article 4 direction: Ramsgate ED
  • Tree Preservation OrderProtected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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.

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