The Old Rectory Church Road Otham Kent ME15 8SB Data via plota.co.uk

26/503460/TCA - Trees in Conservation Area Awaiting decision
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Conservation area notification to reduce the whole crown from a width of 8m to a width of 6m and to reduce the height from 11m to 7m and to remove 1m all over to shape the crown Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 28 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 20 Oct 2026 and 29 Oct 2026, from Maidstone's recent tree and landscaping works.

Documents 1

Other documents 1

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Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: The Rectory
List entry 1263096 · The pin is inside its outline
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.
Historic England ↗
Otham 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.
Council document ↗
Tree preservation order: 5003/2021/TPO
Consent is needed before work on protected trees.
Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat 40 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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 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.

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Important details

Council
Maidstone
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Postcode
ME15 8SB
Received
16 Sept 2026
Validated
16 Sept 2026
Ward
Leeds And Langley
Parish
Otham
Target decision
28 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 23 of the 56-day target. Maidstone usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 39.

Day 2333 days to the 56-day target
92%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
159decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14311703
Planning Portal ref
PP-14311703
Statutory expiry
28 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Listed Building Consent to repair and alter existing rear exterior door
24/502441/LBC
2024 Approved
Listed Building Consent to repair and alter existing rear exterior door
24/502441/LBC
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Refused
Otham Glebe Church Road Otham Kent ME15 8SB
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23/504382/TPOA
2022 Approved
Land West Of Church Road Otham Kent ME15 8SB
Submission of details pursuant to conditions 3 (Ecological Management Plan), 5 (Cycle and…
22/505119/SUB
2022 Approved
The Old Rectory Church Road Otham Maidstone Kent ME15 8SB
Submission of details pursuant to condition 4 (joinery details) of application 21/506715/…
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2022 Approved
The Old Rectory Church Road Otham Maidstone Kent ME15 8SB
Submission of details pursuant to condition 3 (details of materials) of application 21/50…
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2021 Approved
The Old Rectory Church Road Otham Maidstone Kent ME15 8SB
Listed building consent for repairs and upgrade of roof, windows and external doors of at…
21/506715/LBC
Maidstone
Planning Authority Score
7.1/10
Good
#58 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Maidstone is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #34 out of 296. Only 30% 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 (91%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Maidstone decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #225 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #175 of 296
81%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #34 of 296
30%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #55 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
136 decided (1-9 homes)
75%
Major dwellings approved
20 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
44 decided
1,110
Total decisions
181 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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