Planning application
St James' Church, The Street, Egerton, Kent, TN27 9AH
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Description: Ash Tree north side of churchyard requires work to remove diseased stems.
As published by the council, reference 19/00229/TC
Application record
- Reference
- 19/00229/TC
- Type
- Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permitted
- Received
- 9 Oct 2019
- Validated
- 10 Oct 2019
- Ward
- Weald North
- Parish
- Egerton
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN27 9AH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Ashford register
This site has had 3 applications since 2019: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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20/00111/TC Granted
St James' Church, The Street, Egerton, Kent, TN27 9AH
Description: Avenue of Limes - Crown lift to give adequate pathway clearance and removal of epicormic growth on main stems up to 2.5 metres from ground level
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19/00239/TC Granted
St James' Church, The Street, Egerton, Kent, TN27 9AH
Description: T1 Horse Chestnut - to reduce height by 6 metres
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Oct 2019
Received by Ashford
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10 Oct 2019
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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1 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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Ashford granted permission, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
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St James' Church, The Street, Egerton, Kent, TN27 9AH
Description: Avenue of Limes - Crown lift to give adequate pathway clearance and removal of epicormic growth on main stems up to 2.5 metres from ground level
Granted Trees 3 docs -
St James' Church, The Street, Egerton, Kent, TN27 9AH
Description: T1 Horse Chestnut - to reduce height by 6 metres
Granted Trees 5 docs -
Egerton Grange, The Street, Egerton, TN27 9DJ
T1 - common Alder tree. T2 - Maple tree and G1 - Alder trees. Reduce trees to 5 metres in height, cut back overhanging limbs on both sides to leave a 2 metre width.
Granted Trees 4 docs -
3 Stonecroft Cottages, The Street, Egerton, TN27 9DJ
T1 - Wild or Bird Cherry Tree - reduce by 2 metres from the top from approx 6 metres to 4 metres - all thin branches, with the larger limbs staying intact.
Granted Trees 4 docs -
Egerton Grange, The Street, Egerton, TN27 9DJ
T1, T2, G1 (T3&4) Unknown Species - Reduction of branches to 10m height. Reason for works - Overhanging into my neighbours property.
Withdrawn Trees 3 docs -
Egerton Grange, The Street, Egerton, TN27 9DJ
G1 - Chestnuts, and single Sycamore Maple - Fell trees. Reason for works - Interfering with adjacent TPO tree reference T12.
Granted Trees 10 docs
Other tree works applications
In Ashford
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OTH/2026/1334 Granted
69 Shirkoak Park, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3RR
T1 - Oak - crown reduction by a max of 2.5 metres , height after reduction 12 metres lateral spread 6.5 metres. Crown lift branches that are touching roof to give 1.5 metre clearance Reason for works excessive shading and branches on roof of property.
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OTH/2026/1092 Granted
Eastwell Manor Hotel, Faversham Road, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, TN25 4HR
T86- Sycamore - adjacent to walled garden on its north-eastern side (i) remove stubs in lower crown (ii) Raise crown to give 0.5m vertical clearance from masonry of walled garden T4 - Cypress - North of manor, adjacent to carpark southern end of the group, viewed westward (i) Remove deadwood trees (including tree clad in ivy) and other partly uprooted of almost dead juvenile Cypresses, allowing the remainder to grow T15 Beech x 2 and a third Beech T16, the last of the row. The view Southward with the hotel carpark beyond (ii) Raise crowns to height 4-5m, removing branches to up to 10cm diameter, removing stubs from previous (relatively indecisive) prunings T26 Limes x 6 T27 Limes x 5 T28 Limes x5 (i) remove stubs and deadwood from lower crowns T38 Holly x 2, Ash x 2 - viewed Northeastward (i) remove deadwood (ii) Remove recovery growth from lower crown T40 Ash (i) Reduce height by about 8m (see arrow) Round the residual crown, also having the effect of reducing the weight of the crown on the southern and eastern sides of the tree T41 Oak, West of hotel, the view Eastward (i) Raise crown over shelter to give 2m vertical clearance, removing stubs (some long and up to 20cm diameter) and remove branches up to 10cm diameter (ii) Prune descending branches to give 4-5m headroom over paving and ornamental bed (iii) Remove large diameter deadwood T151 - Multi stem grey willow, no number, 6m south of Turkish hazel opposite the northern corner of the frontage of the hotel (i) Fell the two main stems leaning over the carpark to the front of the hotel T24 x 3 Horse Chestnut (i) Thin lower crowns to be consistent in density with upper crowns, removing stubs (some long) (ii) Raise crowns to height 4-5m (TREES OUTSIDE OF TPO AREA (NO APPLICATION REQD T153 and T154 Leyland Cypresses (i) Fell both trees - These trees have outgrown their situation and contribute to the dereliction of the building close by. Their loss would have little visual impact owing to the surrounding screen of cypresses and would enable the reinstatement of the garden and avoid the further deterioration of the building. T66 and T67 Prunus, eastern side of petanc area, viewed southward (i) Fell and grind stumps - due to trees being dead/dying.) Re-planting will be like for like.
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NOT/2026/1664 Granted
Folly Lodge, 105 The Street, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0NB
5 day notification - Fell One Cherry Tree (Prunus sp.)
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NOT/2026/1325 Granted
Wakeley House, 71 High Street, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0LS
T1 - Multi-stemmed Ash- Fell to ground (dead specimen)
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OTH/2026/1319 Granted
May Cross, Stone Cross Road, Bilsington, Ashford, TN26 2PJ
T1:- Oak Tree - Reduce crown all over to 5.5m West radius ; 6m to South radius; 6m to East radius; 5m to North radius. Reason: Maintain crown in compact form and remove minor safety issues.