Various Sites Wollaston Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway Data via plota.co.uk

TPA/26/1961 - TPO Prune and/or Fell Trees Registered

Proposal

T1- Lime crown lift to 5m over garden and remove deadwood T2- Norway Maple reduce garden side from 6m to suitable growth points to a retained 4m T3- Field Maple reduce carpark side from 3m to suitable growth points to a retained 2m T4- Oak reduce branches growing towards 32 from 11m to 6m to clear roof of building T5- Oak remove deadwood T6- Oak reduce tertiary branches to clear building roof by 2m and remove deadwood T7- Oak reduce branches over roof from 9m to retained length 7m T8- Oak remove epicormic growth to 5m to clear windows of building T9- Group of sweet chestnut reduce back from building to clear building by 2m Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
12 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 7 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 29 Nov 2026, from Medway's recent tree and landscaping works.

Site constraints 5

Tree preservation order
Consent is needed before work on protected trees.
Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order 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.
Also on the record
National landscape 195 m away: Kent Downs; Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the Gillingham (Medway) built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 13 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
Medway
Application type
TPO Prune and/or Fell Trees
Received
12 Oct 2026
Validated
12 Oct 2026
Ward
Rainham South East
Target decision
7 Dec 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 16 of the 56-day target. Medway usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 48.

Day 1640 days to the 56-day target
73%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
156decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 21 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15290580
Planning Portal ref
PP-15290580
Env. assessment
No
Medway
Planning Authority Score
9.2/10
Excellent
#3 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Medway is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #8 out of 296. Only 19% 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 (96%) 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
Medway decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
91%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #99 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #53 of 296
94%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #8 of 296
19%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #16 of 296
79%
Minor dwellings approved
106 decided (1-9 homes)
78%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
67 decided
999
Total decisions
88 refused in the year to March 2026