ST PETERS CHURCHYARD St Peters Footpath, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2RA Data via plota.co.uk

TPO/TH/26/0015 - Works to Protected Trees Approved

Proposal

TH/TPO/20(1986) 47 No. Lime trees (G1,137 common line) - Re-pollard at established points, retaining knuckles. 18 No. Lime trees (G1, 138 common Line), Re-pollard at established points, retaining knuckles. 15 No. Lime trees (G1,139 common line), Re-pollard at established points, retaining knuckles. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Jan 2026
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Consultation
8 Jan 2026
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Approved
4 Mar 2026

Approved on 4 Mar 2026 · Planning Committee Decision · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Site constraints 4

Article 4 direction
Broadstairs ED. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Public bridleway about 18 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 3a
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 1. 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.
Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 218 m away: Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Dane Valley Road.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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 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
Thanet
Application type
Works to Protected Trees
Postcode
CT10 2RA
Received
7 Jan 2026
Validated
7 Jan 2026
Ward
St Peters
Parish
Broadstairs And St Peters
Case officer
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Target decision
4 Mar 2026
Decision
Grant Permission
Decision date
4 Mar 2026
Decision level
Planning Committee Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 53 days. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

81%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
12%go to committee

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Thanet in the last twelve months, from validation. Thanet decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
8 Jan 2026
Comments by
29 Jan 2026
Committee
18 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
4 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
Thanet
Planning Authority Score
4.5/10
Below average
#175 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Thanet ranks #171 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Thanet decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
91%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #103 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #122 of 296
62%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #171 of 296
45%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #196 of 296
79%
Minor dwellings approved
105 decided (1-9 homes)
85%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
90%
Change of use approved
50 decided
751
Total decisions
67 refused in the year to March 2026