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TC/26/00139 - Works to Trees in a Conservation Area Awaiting decision
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Cut back lateral limbs by 2 metres (back to boundary fence) of one Sycamore tree (T1) situated within a conservation area. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Oct 2026
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Validated
10 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 21 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 21 Nov 2026, from Dover's recent tree and landscaping works.

Documents

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Site constraints 8

Dover - Western Heights conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Heritage at risk: Western Heights, Dover
On the register of historic places assessed as at risk.
A designated building, monument, park or conservation area assessed as at risk from neglect, decay or development. Proposals that secure its future are looked on favourably.
Historic England ↗
Local nature reserve 36 m away: Western Heights
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Scheduled monument 135 m away: Fortifications, Roman lighthouse and medieval chapel on Western Heights
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat 17 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 10 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Dover
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Postcode
CT17 9DX
Received
9 Oct 2026
Validated
10 Oct 2026
Ward
Town And Castle
Parish
DOVER
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
N J Apps Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 18 of the 56-day target. Dover usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 42.

Day 1838 days to the 56-day target
90%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
219decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Dover in the last twelve months, from validation. Dover decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 24 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
21 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

7 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025 Approved
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2024 Approved
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TC/24/00036
2024 Approved
St Martins Battery South Military Road Dover Kent
Fell one group of self seeded Hawthorn and Elder; cut back branches overhanging car park…
TC/24/00036
2022 Approved
9 Knights Templars Dover CT17 9DX
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2021 Approved
9 Knights Templars Dover CT17 9DX
Erection of a two storey side extension with 2no. Juliet balconies to first floor (existi…
21/00424
2017 Approved
Dover Commonwealth Memorial Western Heights Dover
EIA Scoping Opinion
17/00804
Dover
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#46 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Dover is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #28 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
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Dover decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #151 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #151 of 296
83%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #28 of 296
31%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #57 of 296
72%
Minor dwellings approved
105 decided (1-9 homes)
83%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
56 decided
772
Total decisions
89 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings