Court Lodge Farmhouse The Street Bishopsbourne Kent CT4 5JA Data via plota.co.uk

CA/25/02309 - Works to a tree with a TPO Approved

Proposal

T.P.O No 2 of 1968, T1 - Lime - pollard to previous reduction points, removing approximately 6 metres. T2, T3 & T4 - Limes - raise the canopies to approximately 3 metres above ground level, remove all epicormic growth at the base of the trees & remove all visible dead wood within. T5 - Willow - pollard to previous reduction points, removing approximately 4 metres & raise the canopy. G1 - mixture of ash, yew, sycamore, conifer, beech & chestnut - Fell 2x ash due to severe leaning & 3x dead yew stems. Remainder of G1 trees & shrubs to be reduced by up to 30% & cut back lateral branches, in particular where overhanging road & power cables. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 12 Dec 2025
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Approved
29 Jan 2026

Approved on 29 Jan 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Oct 2026

Documents 16

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION NOTICE TPO GRANTED RX Decision · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report Officer Report · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗

Other documents 13

IMG T1 Photo · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ IMG T2, T3, T4 Photo · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ IMG T2, T3, T4 Photo · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ IMG T2 T3 T4 Photo · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ IMG T5 Photo · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ IMG PART G1 Photo · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ IMG PART G1 Photo · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ IMG PART G1 Photo · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ IMG PART G1 Photo · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ IMG PART G1 Photo · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ IMG PART G1 Photo · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ IMG PART G1 Photo · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ IMG PART G1 Photo · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 12

3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Dower House, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 1 Grade II*, 1 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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.
Show all 3 with distances
Historic England ↗
Kent Downs National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Charlton Park 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 ↗
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Tree preservation order: The Manor House Crows Camp Road Bishopbourne CT4 5JB
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.
Priority habitat: Good quality semi improved grassland
A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.
Habitat network: Restorable Habitat
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 6
An estimated 30% or more of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Bishopsbourne built-up area; Flood defence about 41 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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, the Mining Remediation Authority, 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 £1,900,000 in June 2025. Detached house, freehold.

26 June 2025£1,900,000

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

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Important details

Council
Canterbury
Application type
Works to a tree with a TPO
Postcode
CT4 5JA
Received
around 12 Dec 2025
Validated
12 Dec 2025
Parish
Bishopsbourne
Case officer
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Target decision
6 Feb 2026
Decision
GRANTED
Decision date
29 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Hythe Tree Care

How this decision compares

Decided in 48 days from validation, 14 days slower than Canterbury's median of 34 for tree works. Approved, as 100% of tree works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
402decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 6 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
2 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
6 Feb 2026

Historical activity at this location

3 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Charlton Lodge Charlton Park Bishopsbourne Kent CT4 5JA
TPO 2/1968 Fell dead tree.
CA/25/02287
2025 Approved
Charlton Lodge Charlton Park Bishopsbourne Kent CT4 5JA
TPO 2/1968 Fell dead tree.
CA/25/02287
2016
Court Lodge Farmhouse, The Street, Bishopsbourne, CT4 5JA
Proposed window replacement
CON/16/02224
Canterbury
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#158 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Canterbury is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #259 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
97% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Canterbury decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #18 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #27 of 296
43%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #259 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #176 of 296
84%
Minor dwellings approved
62 decided (1-9 homes)
95%
Major dwellings approved
20 decided (10+ homes)
93%
Change of use approved
29 decided
925
Total decisions
45 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.