1 Barlow Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9NF Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
T1 -Silver Birch to be reduced from 20m in height to 17m, pruning back to appropriate growth points , crown width to be reduced from a radial spread of 5m to 3.5m, pruning back to appropriate growth points. Reason the Silver Birch has unbalanaced crown form with a leading stem growing towards the rear of property and boundary fence. T2 -Sycamore pollard - reduction in height from 15m - 10m. The sycamore is situated close to the boundary fence and neighbour property. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 20 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 21 Oct 2026
Documents 3
Decision & officer reports 2
Application forms 1
Site constraints 5
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 1
Last sold for £430,000 in March 2021. 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 September 2020, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
How this decision compares
Decided in 55 days from validation, 7 days slower 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 21 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15186581
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15186581
- Consultation
- 9 Oct 2026
- Comments by
- 30 Oct 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
23 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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