Smith Woolley, 49/51 Earls Avenue, Folkestone, CT20 2HA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Works to trees in a Conservation area. T1 - T7 (Sycamores) reduce height by 12 metres Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 26 Aug 2025 · Last checked 15 Oct 2026
Documents 5
Decision & officer reports 1
Plans & drawings 1
Consultation & comments 1
Site constraints 4
Checked on 15 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.
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Important details
- Council
- Shepway
- Application type
- Works to Trees in a conservation area
- Postcode
- CT20 2HA
- Received
- 22 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 22 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Folkestone Central
- Parish
- Folkestone
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 2 Sept 2025
- Decision
- No Objections
- Decision date
- 26 Aug 2025
- Appeal
- Dismissed · 30 Sept 2025 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 3369011 ↗
How this decision compares
Decided in 35 days from validation, 4 days slower than Shepway's median of 31 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 93% of tree and landscaping works here are.
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Shepway in the last twelve months, from validation. Shepway decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 15 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 15 Aug 2025
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Shepway is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #5 out of 296. Only 12% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).
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