Hamstreet Woods National Nature Reserve rear of, Bournewood, Hamstreet Data via plota.co.uk

OTH/2026/1853 - Consent under Tree Preservation Orders Under Consultation

Proposal

Compartment 23b - species consisting of mainly Hazel with some Birch, Chestnut and some mature Oaks and Cherry - Coppice the thin diameter hazel, chestnut and birch coppice. The standards of Oak and Cherry will be retained. To be felled with hand tools and the material to be manually moved to the edge of the compartment to create dead hedges Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 01:43

Application progress

✓

Received

5 Oct 2026

✓

Validated

15 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 10 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 28 Nov 2026, from Ashford's recent tree works.

Comments are open until 8 Nov 2026

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Documents 2

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Tree location Plan Plan · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 15 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

National nature reserve about 17 m away: Ham Street Woods

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.

SSSI about 81 m away: Ham Street Woods SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

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

Flood defence about 14 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 2 year flood); Inside the Hamstreet built-up area; Open access land about 26 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; 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

Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 21 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 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: Ashford
Application type: Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
Received: 5 Oct 2026
Validated: 15 Oct 2026
Ward: Weald South
Parish: Orlestone
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 10 Dec 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 13 of the 56-day target. Ashford usually decides tree works by day 44.

prediction

Day 1343 days to the 56-day target

77%decided within 8 weeks

100%approved

144decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 21 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 8 Nov 2026

Ashford

Planning Authority Score

5.9/10

Average

#105 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Ashford is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #75 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils

for householder decisions

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Ashford decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

88%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #147 of 296

92%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #146 of 296

75%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #75 of 296

40%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #146 of 296

71%

Minor dwellings approved

106 decided (1-9 homes)

89%

Major dwellings approved

18 decided (10+ homes)

90%

Change of use approved

40 decided

991

Total decisions

123 refused in the year to March 2026