Cherry Tree Cottage Dunkirk Road South Dunkirk Kent ME13 9PB Data via plota.co.uk

26/503330/TPOA - Tree Preservation Order Application Pending

Proposal

Tree Preservation Order application:: T1- dead Sweet Chestnut - Fell and T2 - heavily leaning Sweet Chestnut in decline - Fell Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

28 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 23 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 1 Oct 2026, from Swale's recent tree and landscaping works.

Documents 5

Site constraints 6

Public footpath 14 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Agricultural land, grade 1

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. A site survey can differ.

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.

Ancient woodland 13 m away: Hurst Wood

Inside the 15 m buffer standing advice asks for from the boundary.

National policy refuses development that would cause loss or deterioration of ancient woodland or ancient trees unless there are wholly exceptional reasons.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Tree preservation order 15 m away: Land at Hurst Wood, Dunkirk; Priority habitat 11 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 13 September 2026. 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: Swale
Application type: Tree Preservation Order Application
Postcode: ME13 9PB
Received: 28 Aug 2026
Validated: 28 Aug 2026
Ward: Boughton And Courtenay
Parish: Dunkirk
Target decision: 23 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Leaf Tree Services

Decision outlook

Day 18 of the 56-day target. Swale usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 34.

prediction

Day 1838 days to the 56-day target

100%decided within 8 weeks

100%approved

57decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15190690
Statutory expiry: 23 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2016 Approved

Submission of details for planning permission SW/12/1239 to discharge Condition 2 - Detai…

16/502930/SUB 3 Aug 2016

Swale

Planning Authority Score

2.3/10

Poor

#263 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Swale is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #275 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 70% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Swale decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

89%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #143 of 296

94%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #120 of 296

37%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #275 of 296

70%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #286 of 296

72%

Minor dwellings approved

81 decided (1-9 homes)

84%

Major dwellings approved

25 decided (10+ homes)

95%

Change of use approved

22 decided

658

Total decisions

71 refused in the year to March 2026

Cherry Tree Cottage Dunkirk Road South Dunkirk Kent ME13 9PB Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 5

Other documents 5

Site constraints 6

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