Land On The Side Of 34 Wildman Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9SL Data via plota.co.uk

TPA/26/1087 - TPO Prune and/or Fell Trees Approved

Proposal

Birch (T1) URN 16244 - Crown lift secondary and tertiary branches to 3m from ground level Birch (T2) URN 16243 - Crown lift secondary and tertiary branches to 3m from ground level, to allow for sufficient clearance over footway, Crown reduce to a retained lateral spread of 6m North, South and West facing crown and 5m East facing crown, to reduce lever-arm loading of end-weighted branches and to reduce wind load. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Jun 2026
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Approved
31 Jul 2026

Approved on 31 Jul 2026 · Last checked 4 Aug 2026

Site constraints 5

Tree preservation order
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
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 3; National landscape 239 m away: Kent Downs; Inside the Gillingham (Medway) built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building 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
Medway
Application type
TPO Prune and/or Fell Trees
Postcode
ME8 9SL
Received
9 Jun 2026
Validated
9 Jun 2026
Ward
Rainham South East
Case officer
Show
Target decision
4 Aug 2026
Decision
Approval with Conditions
Decision date
31 Jul 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 52 days from validation, 4 days slower than Medway's median of 48 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 89% of tree and landscaping works here are.

73%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
156decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 4 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14998630
Planning Portal ref
PP-14998630
Env. assessment
No
Medway
Planning Authority Score
9.2/10
Excellent
#3 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Medway is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #8 out of 296. Only 19% 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 (96%) 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
Medway decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
91%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #99 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #53 of 296
94%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #8 of 296
19%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #16 of 296
79%
Minor dwellings approved
106 decided (1-9 homes)
78%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
67 decided
999
Total decisions
88 refused in the year to March 2026