Land Adjacent To 8 Westminster Square Maidstone Kent ME16 0WQ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
TPO 1 of 1994- Application to reduce crown of 1no. Sessile Oak tree (T280) from 5m to 3m to give 2m clearance from building. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 2 Oct 2025 · Committee Decision · Last checked 17 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Maidstone Planning Committee on 18 Sept 2025.
Approved
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
- The application was to reduce the crown of a protected oak tree from five metres to three metres for clearance from a building.
- Permission was granted with a note that cut wood should be removed and stacked safely at a local nature reserve.
- Members voted 11 in favour, with 1 abstention, to approve.
Source: Plota analysis of Maidstone's committee minutes, Maidstone Planning Committee minutes, 18 September 2025 .
Documents 5
Decision & officer reports 2
Consultation & comments 1
Site constraints 4
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Checked on 17 October 2026. 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.
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Important details
- Council
- Maidstone
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order Application
- Postcode
- ME16 0WQ
- Received
- around 11 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 11 Aug 2025
- Ward
- Palace Wood
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 6 Oct 2025
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 2 Oct 2025
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Qualitree Services Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 52 days from validation, 13 days slower than Maidstone's median of 39 for tree works. Approved, as 96% of tree works here are.
Plota live figures for tree works decided by Maidstone in the last twelve months, from validation. Maidstone decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14244073
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14244073
- Comments by
- 16 Sept 2025
- Site or press notice
- 26 Aug 2025
- Committee
- 18 Sept 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 6 Oct 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
19 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
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