6 Magdalen Close Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3TA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Oak (T1) - previously pollarded at 9m above tree base. Reduce height from 24m to 18m. Reduce western canopy from 8m to no less than 5m. Sweet Chestnut (T2) - previously pollarded at 14m above tree base. Substantial dead wood around previous prune points supporting upper canopy. Reduce height from 22m to 13m. Reason for works - good urban forestry practice. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 5 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Aug 2026
Documents 3
Decision & officer reports 2
Application forms 1
Site constraints 6
Checked on 6 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.
Sales history 3
Last sold for £600,000 in February 2026. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2016, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Medway
- Application type
- TPO Prune and/or Fell Trees
- Postcode
- ME7 3TA
- Received
- 23 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 23 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Hempstead & Wigmore
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 18 Aug 2026
- Decision
- Refusal
- Decision date
- 5 Aug 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Craig Chisholm Tree Surgery Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 43 days from validation, 5 days faster than Medway's median of 48 for tree and landscaping works. Refused, as 11% of tree and landscaping works here are.
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 5 Aug 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15031485
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15031485
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
12 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
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
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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