Kearsney Court Alkham Road Temple Ewell CT16 3EB Data via plota.co.uk

26/00668 - Works to Trees with a TPO Approved

Proposal

7 Ash trees to be felled due to Ash die back. TPO No 2 of 1963 Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Jul 2026
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Validated
25 Jul 2026
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Consultation
7 Aug 2026
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Approved
18 Sept 2026

Approved on 18 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 18 Sept 2026

Documents 2

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 3 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 11

Registered park or garden: Kearsney Court
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Public byway open to all traffic 21 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.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
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 ↗
3 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Kearsney Abbey, Grade II, 53 m away · 3 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
National landscape 135 m away: Kent Downs; Tree preservation order 11 m away: On the north side of the main drive leading from t; SSSI 407 m away: Alkham, Lydden and Swingfield Woods SSSI; Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat 3 m away: Deciduous woodland; Inside the Dover built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.

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Important details

Council
Dover
Application type
Works to Trees with a TPO
Postcode
CT16 3EB
Received
24 Jul 2026
Validated
25 Jul 2026
Ward
Dover Downs And River
Parish
TEMPLE EWELL
Case officer
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Target decision
19 Sept 2026
Decision
Grant Consent
Decision date
18 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Leaf Tree Services

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, 13 days slower than Dover's median of 42 for tree and landscaping works. 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 →

Public comments

1comment received
1 supporting

Last counted 18 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
7 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
19 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
Dover
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#46 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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