The Old Vicarage Padbrook Lane Elmstone CT3 1HE Data via plota.co.uk

TC/26/00138 - Works to Trees in a Conservation Area Awaiting decision
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T5 - T6 Laylandii To complete fell both trees. Minor dieback within crown and poor placement of tree causing shadowing on lawn. Both trees to be replaced with more suitable specimens. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Oct 2026
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Validated
6 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 17 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 17 Nov 2026, from Dover's recent tree and landscaping works.

Documents

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Site constraints 4

Grade II listed: The Old Vicarage and Attached Garden Walls
List entry 1363300 · The pin is inside its outline · 2 more listed buildings within 150 m (2 Grade II)
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.
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Historic England ↗
Elmstone 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.
Agricultural land, grade 2
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
Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 7 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority 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
Dover
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Postcode
CT3 1HE
Received
5 Oct 2026
Validated
6 Oct 2026
Ward
Little Stour And Ashstone
Parish
PRESTON
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Leaf Tree Services

Decision outlook

Day 3 of the 56-day target. Dover usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 42.

Day 353 days to the 56-day target
94%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
167decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
17 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
T1- Hawthorn - crown reduce by 2 metres in height and prune overhanging branches back fro…
TC/24/00007
2024 Approved
T1- Hawthorn - crown reduce by 2 metres in height and prune overhanging branches back fro…
TC/24/00007
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Old Brook House Padbrook Lane Elmstone CT3 1HE
5-day notice to fell three dead trees in a conservation area.
TC/24/00160
2024 Approved
Old Brook House Padbrook Lane Elmstone CT3 1HE
5-day notice to fell three dead trees in a conservation area.
TC/24/00160
2024 Approved
Littlewick Cottage Padbrook Lane Elmstone Kent CT3 1HE
Fell 1 Conifer tree situated within a conservation area.
TC/24/00012
2024 Approved
Littlewick Cottage Padbrook Lane Elmstone Kent CT3 1HE
Fell 1 Conifer tree situated within a conservation area.
TC/24/00012
2023 Approved
Littlewick Cottage Padbrook Lane Elmstone Canterbury CT3 1HE
Felling of a Fir tree situated within a conservation area followed by the planting of a r…
TC/23/00004
2021 Approved
Padbrook Cottage Padbrook Lane Elmstone CT3 1HE
2 - Joinery details
20/01153/A
2020 Refused
Padbrook Cottage Padbrook Lane Elmstone CT3 1HE
Proposed opening up of 'blind' window first floor front elevation
20/01153
2020 Approved
Padbrook Cottage Padbrook Lane Elmstone CT3 1HE
3 - Specific details
20/00361/A
2020 Approved
Padbrook Cottage Padbrook Lane Elmstone CT3 1HE
Internal works include: First floor: Insert partition and staircase to access 2nd floor a…
20/00361
2020 Approved
Padbrook Cottage Padbrook Lane Elmstone CT3 1HE
Replace sash & casement windows. Replace front elevation entrance door
20/00011
2020 Approved
Padbrook Cottage Padbrook Lane Elmstone CT3 1HE
Erection of garden shed and installation of oil tank
20/00003
2019 Approved
Padbrook Cottage Padbrook Lane Elmstone Canterbury Kent CT3 1HE
Fell six Leylandii
TC/19/00146
2019 Approved
Padbrook Cottage Padbrook Lane Elmstone Canterbury Kent CT3 1HE
Fell six Leylandii
TC/19/00146
Dover
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#46 of 296 councils
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Other decisions

Dover is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #28 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

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Dover decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #151 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #151 of 296
83%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #28 of 296
31%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #57 of 296
72%
Minor dwellings approved
105 decided (1-9 homes)
83%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
56 decided
772
Total decisions
89 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings