West Court The Street Detling Kent ME14 3JU Data via plota.co.uk

26/503899/TPOA - Tree Preservation Order Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

TPO Application to one (T1) Yew Tree to lif the canopy from 3.5m to 4.5m and to reduce the remaining canopy from a height of 13m to 11m, northern and eastern radial spread from 5.5m to 4m, southern radial spread from 4.5m to 3m and western radial spread from 5m to 4m, fell one (T2) Dead Box Tree to the ground. to prune (G1) Yew and Beech Trees back to give 2m clearence from telephone wire, to remove the dead top of one (T3) Sycamore due to posing a risk of safety of pedestrians and traffic, and to fell one (T4) Portugese Laurel to 1.5m Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
around 14 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 9 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 17 Nov 2026 and 26 Nov 2026, from Maidstone's recent tree and landscaping works.

Site constraints 10

Grade II listed: West Court
List entry 1186134 · The pin is inside its outline · 15 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 14 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.
Show the other 15 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.
Detling 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: 4/1973
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 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Special area of conservation 264 m away: North Downs Woodlands
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
SSSI 254 m away: Wouldham to Detling Escarpment SSSI; Radon affected area, class 4; Inside the Detling built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, 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

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Important details

Council
Maidstone
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Postcode
ME14 3JU
Received
around 14 Oct 2026
Validated
14 Oct 2026
Ward
Boxley Downs
Parish
Detling
Target decision
9 Dec 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Broadleaf Tree Surgery Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 14 of the 56-day target. Maidstone usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 39.

Day 1442 days to the 56-day target
92%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
233decided 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-15286750
Planning Portal ref
PP-15286750
Statutory expiry
9 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No
Maidstone
Planning Authority Score
7.1/10
Good
#58 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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

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