The Old Rectory, Church Road, Burmarsh, Romney Marsh, TN29 0JG Data via plota.co.uk

26/1473/FH - Works to Trees covered by a TPO Under Consultation

Proposal

Works to trees subject to TPO No 14 of 2004, comprising of T1 Willow fell to ground level, T2 Willow removal of lower limb, and overall crown reduction of 2.5 metres. Pruning cuts to be made back to suitable secondary growth points. T3 Ash removal of two specified branches and one dead branch. T4 Willow lateral reduction of 1.5 metres and removal of deadwood overhanging the property by 2.5 metres laterally. T5 Willow removal of specified small limb. T6 Sycamore crown lift to 3 metres above ground level) & lateral reduction of 2.5 metres to branch overhanging summer house, removal of deadwood. T7 Oak lateral reduction of overhanging branch by 2 metres. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 08:18

Application progress

✓

Received

8 Sept 2026

✓

Validated

10 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 5 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 11 Oct 2026, from Shepway's recent tree and landscaping works. The consultation period closed on 2 Oct 2026.

Documents 20

Site constraints 3

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not 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.

Also on the record

3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin.

Not affected

Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 12 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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 3

Last sold for £1,300,000 in December 2023. Detached house, freehold.

11 December 2023£1,300,000

9 March 2016£825,000

4 August 1997£220,000

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

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Important details

Council: Shepway
Application type: Works to Trees covered by a TPO
Postcode: TN29 0JG
Received: 8 Sept 2026
Validated: 10 Sept 2026
Ward: Romney Marsh
Parish: Burmarsh
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 5 Nov 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 24 of the 56-day target. Shepway usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 31.

prediction

Day 2432 days to the 56-day target

100%decided within 8 weeks

96%approved

137decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 26 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 2 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Withdrawn

Conversion of garage into ancillary accommodation and the Insertion of one new window

24/1012/FH 6 Sep 2024

2024 Approved

Conversion of garage into ancillary accommodation and the Insertion of one new window

24/1012/FH 6 Sep 2024

2024 Refused

Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) for conversion of existing garage to accommodat…

24/0330/FH 16 May 2024

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Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) for conversion of existing garage to accommodat…

24/0330/FH 16 May 2024

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2016 Approved

9 Church Road Burmarsh Romney Marsh Kent TN29 0JG

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Y16/0052/NMC 13 Jul 2016

Shepway

Planning Authority Score

7.4/10

Good

#49 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Shepway is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #5 out of 296. Only 12% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) 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

Shepway decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

82%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #247 of 296

88%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #219 of 296

96%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #5 of 296

12%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #5 of 296

61%

Minor dwellings approved

95 decided (1-9 homes)

100%

Major dwellings approved

13 decided (10+ homes)

69%

Change of use approved

32 decided

761

Total decisions

139 refused in the year to March 2026