Ripplebank House Chapel Lane Ripple Deal Kent CT14 8JG Data via plota.co.uk

TC/26/00059 - Works to Trees in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Leylandii hedge (H1) -cut back as hard as possible whilst maintaining green foliage and bevel top edge/overhang; Mixed section of trees (H2) sever and remove a much thorn as possible, and reduce in height and shape appropriately; Sycamore (T2) crown reduce by 2-4 metres; Horse Chestnut (T3) remove split limb all situated within a conservation area. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 May 2026
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Validated
7 May 2026
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Approved
17 Jun 2026

Approved on 17 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF TREE CON AREA - RAISE NO OBJ Decision · 17 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF OFFICER'S REPORT Report · 19 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Ripple - Chapel Lane 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.
Public footpath about 15 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 1
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. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Radon affected area, class 6
An estimated 30% or more of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Ripple Vale House, Grade II, about 43 m from the postcode pin · 2 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 ↗
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area.
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 Mining Remediation Authority, 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 1

Last sold for £1,050,000 in June 2021. Detached house, freehold.

28 June 2021£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
Dover
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Postcode
CT14 8JG
Received
6 May 2026
Validated
7 May 2026
Ward
Guston Kingsdown St Margarets-at-Cliffe
Parish
RIPPLE
Case officer
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Target decision
18 Jun 2026
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
17 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Leaf Tree Services

How this decision compares

Decided in 41 days from validation, about the council's usual 42 days. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

94%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
167decided 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 →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
18 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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Dover
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#46 of 296 councils
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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%).

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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

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