The Old Vicarage The Street Boxley Kent ME14 3DX Data via plota.co.uk

26/501466/TCA - Trees in Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Conservation area notification: Crown reduce one Mature Willow tree (T1): Height from 21 metres to 19 metres. Reduce the Northern radial spread from 10.5 metres to 7.5 metres. Reduce the Eastern radial spread from 10.5 metres to 7.5 metres. Reduce the Southern radial spread from 12 metres to 9 metres. Reduce the Western radial spread from 11 metres to 8 metres. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Apr 2026
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Approved
21 May 2026

Approved on 21 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Jul 2026

Site constraints 8

Kent Downs National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
23 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Old Vicarage, Grade II, about 42 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 21 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Conservation area about 22 m away: Boxley Village
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
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.
Council document ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Inside the Boxley built-up area; Tree preservation order about 22 m away: 6/1991; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

Sales history 3

Last sold for £2,075,000 in March 2021. Detached house, freehold.

26 March 2021£2,075,000
18 November 2010£1,100,000
12 June 2007£1,050,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Maidstone
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Postcode
ME14 3DX
Received
16 Apr 2026
Validated
16 Apr 2026
Ward
Boxley Downs
Parish
Boxley
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 May 2026
Decision
No Objections
Decision date
21 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Broadleaf Tree Surgery Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, 4 days faster than Maidstone's median of 39 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

92%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
159decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14863081
Planning Portal ref
PP-14863081
Statutory expiry
28 May 2026
Env. assessment
No
Maidstone
Planning Authority Score
7.1/10
Good
#58 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Maidstone is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #34 out of 296. Only 30% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Maidstone decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #225 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #175 of 296
81%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #34 of 296
30%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #55 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
136 decided (1-9 homes)
75%
Major dwellings approved
20 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
44 decided
1,110
Total decisions
181 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.