Oak Lodge Harvel Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0RN Data via plota.co.uk

20260431 - Works to Protected Tree(s) Approved

Proposal

Works to protected trees; 1 x Hornbeam tree (T1) reduce height from 18m to 15m, the radial spread and crown lift from 2.5m to 3.5m from ground level. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:57

Application progress

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Received

27 Apr 2026

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Approved

9 Jun 2026

Approved on 9 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 8

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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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.

National nature reserve about 271 m away: North Kent Woods and Downs

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.

National landscape about 81 m away: Kent Downs

Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.

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.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; SSSI about 450 m away: Halling to Trottiscliffe Escarpment SSSI; Priority habitat about 39 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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 4

Last sold for £700,000 in July 2024. Detached house, freehold.

5 July 2024£700,000

28 November 2014£500,000

16 July 2004£365,000

12 April 2002£285,000New build

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

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Important details

Council: Gravesham
Application type: Works to Protected Tree(s)
Postcode: DA13 0RN
Received: 27 Apr 2026
Validated: 27 Apr 2026
Ward: Meopham South And Vigo
Parish: Vigo
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 22 Jun 2026
Decision: Consent
Decision date: 9 Jun 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 43 days from validation, 5 days slower than Gravesham's median of 38 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one43d

Council38d

UK36d

93%decided within 8 weeks

100%approved

55decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14885525
Planning Portal ref: PP-14885525
Statutory expiry: 22 Jun 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

1 previous application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2020 Approved

The removal of the epicormic growth up to 7 metres from ground level, to one semi-mature…

20200747 22 Sep 2020

Gravesham

Planning Authority Score

4.4/10

Below average

#180 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Gravesham ranks #104 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Gravesham is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 78% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils

only 78% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Gravesham decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

75%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #287 of 296

78%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #286 of 296

72%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #104 of 296

36%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #110 of 296

58%

Minor dwellings approved

64 decided (1-9 homes)

50%

Major dwellings approved

6 decided (10+ homes)

65%

Change of use approved

34 decided

619

Total decisions

156 refused in the year to March 2026