347 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0HU Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
T1 - Oak - -reduce rear left boundary height by 3m from 15 to 12m, reduce north face by 3m from 8m to 5m -reduce West face by 3m from 8m to 5m -Reduce east face by 3m from 8m to 5m -reduce south face by 1m from 6m to 5m. T2 - Cherry - central rear garden -Inspection of union from previous snap out for any rot with sounding hammer T3 - Oak - reduce front right boundary height by 4m from 21m to 17m educe north face by up to 4m from 11m to 7m -Reduce East face by 3m from 9m to 6m , reduce south face by 2m from 9m to 7m, reduce west face by 3m from 9m to 6m Reasons for works: to retain tree while managing its size for future retention of the landscape, work is proposed as proactive management to mitigate encroachment over neighbouring gardens, plus to allow more light into garden. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Split Decision on 21 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Documents 3
Decision & officer reports 2
Application forms 1
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Important details
- Council
- Medway
- Application type
- TPO Prune and/or Fell Trees
- Postcode
- ME8 0HU
- Received
- 9 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 9 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Rainham South East
- Case officer
- Track to view
- Decision
- Split Decision
- Decision date
- 21 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Track to view
- Agent
- Down to Earth Trees Ltd
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14846217
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
20 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Medway is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #11 out of 292. Only 20% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 40% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).
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347 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0HU