Cherry Orchard House Staple Street Hernhill Kent ME13 9TY Data via plota.co.uk

26/503402/TCA - Trees in Conservation Area Awaiting decision
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Conservation area notification: Re-pollard group of six Lombardy poplar trees (G1) back to previous points at approximately 3m, subject to suitable growth points, removing 6-7m from the tips. Crown reduce one Viburnum (T1) to height of 2-3m above ground level with radial spread of 2.5m. Reduce height of one Robinia (T2) by 4m back to the lower crown to height of 6m above ground level. Crown reduce one Silver Birch (T3) to height of 2.5-3m above ground level with radial spread of 2.5m-3m. Dismantle one Common Yew (T4) to ground level. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
around 29 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 10 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 2 Nov 2026, from Swale's recent tree and landscaping works.

Documents 1

Other documents 1

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Site constraints 4

Grade II listed: Homestead
List entry 1343994 · The pin is inside its outline · 8 more listed buildings within 150 m (8 Grade II)
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.
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Historic England ↗
Staplestreet conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £290,000 in December 1999. Detached house, freehold.

7 December 1999£290,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Swale
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Postcode
ME13 9TY
Received
around 29 Sept 2026
Validated
29 Sept 2026
Ward
Boughton And Courtenay
Parish
Hernhill
Target decision
10 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
About Trees Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 10 of the 56-day target. Swale usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 34.

Day 1046 days to the 56-day target
100%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
83decided 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-15201939
Planning Portal ref
PP-15201939
Statutory expiry
10 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Three Horse Shoes Staple Street Hernhill Kent ME13 9UA
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2025 Approved
Three Horse Shoes Staple Street Hernhill Kent ME13 9UA
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25/502988/TCA
2024 Approved
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24/503553/TCA
2024 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2022 Approved
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2022 Approved
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2022 Approved
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2020 Approved
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2020 Approved
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2020 Approved
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2020 Approved
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2018 Approved
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Conservation area notification to Acer platanoides "Crimson King" (Purple Norway) - Reduc…
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2018 Approved
Mount Farm House Staple Street Hernhill ME13 9TY
Conservation area notification to Acer platanoides "Crimson King" (Purple Norway) - Reduc…
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2017 Approved
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Listed Building Consent for demolition of the existing single storey timber framed bay, s…
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2017 Approved
Hathcote Oast Staple Street Hernhill ME13 9TY
Demolition of the existing single storey timber framed bay, summer house and shed. Intern…
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2017 Approved
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2016 Approved
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Listed Building Consent for demolition of conservatory and timber framed shed. Partial de…
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2016 Approved
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2016 Approved
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2023 Approved
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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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use