Sibertswold Place 77 Church Hill Shepherdswell Dover Kent CT15 7NT Data via plota.co.uk

26/00014 - Works to Trees with a TPO Refused

Proposal

Fell two Sycamores (T1 and T3) and two Ash (T2 and T4), all the subject of Tree Preservation Order No 21 of 2025. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
6 Jan 2026
✓
Validated
7 Jan 2026
✓
Consultation
16 Jan 2026
✗
Refused
17 Mar 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 17 Mar 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 11 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

Shepherdswell 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.
6 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 77, CHURCH HILL (See details for further address information), Grade II, 7 m away · 6 Grade II
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.
Show all 6 with distances
Historic England ↗
Radon affected area, class 6
An estimated 30% or more of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Sibertswold built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, 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.

Sales history 4

Last sold for £670,000 in February 2025. Detached house, freehold.

14 February 2025£670,000
2 October 2006£595,000
2 April 1998£250,000
31 July 1996£175,000

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

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Important details

Council
Dover
Application type
Works to Trees with a TPO
Postcode
CT15 7NT
Received
6 Jan 2026
Validated
7 Jan 2026
Ward
Aylesham, Eythorne And Shepherdswell
Parish
SHEPHERDSWELL WITH COLDRED
Case officer
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Target decision
4 Mar 2026
Decision
Refuse Consent
Decision date
17 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
The Kent Tree Company Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 69 days from validation, 27 days slower than Dover's median of 42 for tree and landscaping works. Refused, as 2% of tree and landscaping works here are.

94%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
167decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 supporting

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 11 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
16 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
4 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
Dover
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#46 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Dover is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #28 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) 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
Dover decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #151 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #151 of 296
83%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #28 of 296
31%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #57 of 296
72%
Minor dwellings approved
105 decided (1-9 homes)
83%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
56 decided
772
Total decisions
89 refused in the year to March 2026

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