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26/503006/TCA - Trees in Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Conservation area notification: Group of 3 Large Horse Chestnut - Reduce crowns on all 3 trees by approx 2m, ensuring all cuts are made to secondary live laterals to maintain a healthy and natural appearance. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 05:00

Application progress

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Received

5 Aug 2026

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Approved

25 Aug 2026

Approved on 25 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 29 Aug 2026

Documents 1

Site constraints 7

Public footpath about 22 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: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Green Farm House, Grade II, about 46 m from the postcode pin

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.

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Ramsar wetland about 348 m away: Medway Estuary & Marshes; SSSI about 348 m away: Tower Hill to Cockham Wood SSSI; Inside the Lower Halstow built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 1, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 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: Swale
Application type: Trees in Conservation Area
Received: 5 Aug 2026
Validated: 5 Aug 2026
Ward: Marden And Yalding
Parish: Yalding
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 16 Sept 2026
Decision: No Objections
Decision date: 25 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Estate And Field Management Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 20 days from validation, 14 days faster than Swale's median of 34 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one20d

Council34d

UK36d

100%decided within 8 weeks

100%approved

120decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15137492
Planning Portal ref: PP-15137492
Statutory expiry: 16 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

Swale

Planning Authority Score

2.3/10

Poor

#263 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Other decisions

Swale is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #275 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 70% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Swale decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

89%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #143 of 296

94%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #120 of 296

37%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #275 of 296

70%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #286 of 296

72%

Minor dwellings approved

81 decided (1-9 homes)

84%

Major dwellings approved

25 decided (10+ homes)

95%

Change of use approved

22 decided

658

Total decisions

71 refused in the year to March 2026