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1A Ethelbert Square Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8SR

TPO/TH/25/0918Tree Works TPOApproved

Approved on 15 October 2025

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

TH/TPO/23(1979) - 1No Sycamore (T1) - Crown reduce up to 2 m, targeted primarily to branches overhanging the neighbouring garden

Received
20 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westgate-on-Sea
  1. Received20 Aug
  2. Validated21 Aug
  3. Consult.11 Sep
  4. Target16 Oct
  5. Decided15 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1A Ethelbert Square Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8SR. Thanet has handled 466 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks quicker than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westgate Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 August 2025
Consultation expiry
11 September 2025
Consultation start
21 August 2025
Consultation end
11 September 2025
Last date for comments
19 September 2025
Target decision date
16 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

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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