The Bungalow Upper Bush Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1HQ Data via plota.co.uk

CAN/26/1485 - CA - Prune and/or Fell Trees Registered
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 - Leyland Cypress - Fell to near ground level T2 - Dead Eucalyptus - Fell to ground level. T3 - Spruce - Fell to ground level T4 - Cherry -Pruining. To reduce overall height by approx. 2.5-3m leaving a residual height of approx. 10-10.5m, bringing the crown below the overhead telephone lines. Reduce the lateral canopy by no more than approx. 1.5-2m, leaving a residual radial spread of approx. 4-4.5m. All pruning cuts to be made to suitable growing points… Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Aug 2026
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Validated
20 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 15 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 6 Oct 2026, from Medway's recent tree and landscaping works.

Documents

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Site constraints 10

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.
Kent Downs National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Upper Bush 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.
Article 4 direction
Upper Bush (1). Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
National nature reserve 9 m away: North Kent Woods and Downs
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. 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.
North Downs Way 12 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
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
2 listed buildings within 150 m; SSSI 485 m away: Halling to Trottiscliffe Escarpment SSSI.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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.

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Important details

Council
Medway
Application type
CA - Prune and/or Fell Trees
Postcode
ME2 1HQ
Received
6 Aug 2026
Validated
20 Aug 2026
Ward
Cuxton, Halling & Riverside
Parish
Cuxton
Case officer
Show
Applicant
Show
Agent
Aspire Tree and Vegetation Management

Decision outlook

Day 25 of the 56-day target. Medway usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 47.

Day 2531 days to the 56-day target
84%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
97decided 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 8 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15138926
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

12 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2020 Withdrawn
T1 - Ash - Fell
CAN/20/1933
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2023 Approved
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Change of use and conversion of agricultural barn to a residential dwelling
MC/23/1257
2021 Approved
High Birch Upper Bush Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1HQ
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MC/21/2467
2021 Approved
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2021 Approved
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MC/21/0923
2018 Approved
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Change of use of redundant agricultural barn to a residential dwelling
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2017 Approved
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2017 Approved
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2016 Approved
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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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings