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26/1414/FH/TCA - Works to Trees in a conservation area Under Consultation
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Works to trees in a conservation area comprising of G1 Cypress remove deadwood from lower crowns. T2 Sycamore remove dead branch ascending over footway. T4 Sycamore remove deadwood from lower crowns. G6 Mixed Species prune to clear branches away from air conditioning unit to allow for 1 metre clearance. T7 Lime remove hanging branch over footway. G8 Ash remove deadwood and epicormic growth by 4 metres. G9 Mixed Species crown lift to 3 metres above ground level. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
25 Aug 2026
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Validated
1 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 13 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 7 Oct 2026, from Shepway's recent tree works. Comments are open until 24 Sept 2026.

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Documents 4

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form (R) Document · 25 Aug 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF List of Consultations.pdf PDF · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Site Notice.pdf PDF · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree Inspection Report (R) Document · 25 Aug 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 2

Folkestone 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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 5
Very poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Predicted from the national soil map. A site survey can differ.
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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. 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.

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Important details

Council
Shepway
Application type
Works to Trees in a conservation area
Received
25 Aug 2026
Validated
1 Sept 2026
Ward
Folkestone Central
Parish
Folkestone
Case officer
Show
Target decision
13 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
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Decision outlook

Day 12 of the 56-day target. Shepway usually decides tree works by day 36.

Day 1244 days to the 56-day target
88%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
104decided in the last year

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

Public comments

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Last counted 11 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
24 Sept 2026
Shepway
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#49 of 296 councils
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Other 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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings