Planning application
19/00248/TC
Old School House, The Street, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0QB
Proposal
Description: T1 Turkey Oak in rear garden - reduce height and average radial spread of tree by approximately (3m) and (3m) back to previous reduction points, taking care to prune to live secondary growth points and maintaining even, balanced shape appropriate to species. To increase light to garden as tree is becoming too dominant and reduce risk of subsidence.
As published by the council, reference 19/00248/TC
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Nov 2019
Received by Ashford
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1 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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20/00281/TC Granted
The Nook, The Street, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0QB
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20/00230/TC Granted
Little Chart Village Hall, The Street, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0QA
Description: G32 Field Maple - fell/coppice; T33 English Oak - fell; T34 English Oak - sever climbing plant and deadwood (exempt); T35 English Oak - sever climbing plant and deadwood (exempt); T36 Sycamore - sever climbing plant (exempt); T45 Common Beech - deadwood (exempt); T46 unknown species - deadwood (exempt).
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NOT/2026/1293 Granted
Keepers, Calehill Road, Little Chart, Ashford, TN27 0QF
5 Day Notification - removal of a sycamore tree. The tree has sooty bark disease and is leaning at a precarious angle within striking distance of the property
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20/00257/TC Granted
Dering Cottage, Swan Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0PT
Description: Ash trees x2 - Located in rear garden to be re pollarded. Height of trees is currently 21 metres, reduce back to previous pollard knuckles, to a height of 11 metres. Trees overhang the pub car park, concerns about safety for the public.
Other trees applications
In Ashford
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NOT/2026/1150 Granted
38, Upper Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5AN
T1 - Magnolia - Reduce height down by 2.5 meters and sides by 2 meters. T2 - Thuja - Reduce down by 3 meters and trim in sides by .5 meter and 1 meter on the north side to remove overhang into neighbours garden. T3 - False Acacia - Reduce down by 4 meters and laterals by 2 meters. Reason for works - All trees are being reduced to keep them managed for the space they occupy and to allow more light into the property and neighbouring property.
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NOT/2026/1136 Granted
116 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6HT
T1 - Laurus nobilis - Bay Laurel - Whole crown reduction to 12ft (3.65m) high above ground level and shape. Tree has outgrown location and blocking light from neighbouring properties.
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OTH/2026/1137 Decided
Knoll Farm, Giggers Green Road, Aldington, Ashford, TN25 7BY
T2 common ash, remove to ground level due to extensive and terminal ash die back disease infection, tree is within strike distance of a public footpath and electrical infrastructure.
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NOT/2026/0849 Granted
Gate Cottage, Old Ashford Road, Charing, TN27 0JG
T1 - Ash - Crown reduction of 4 metres Reason for works - to reduce the weight in the crown G1 - 3x Ash & 1x Sycamore - Fell to ground level Reason for works - Trees are in decline and for highway safety
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OTH/2026/1051 Granted
21, Kings Avenue, Ashford, TN23 1LU
T1 - Ash - Reduce tree to previous pruning points. Crown reduction by approximately 4m, leaving the tree at a completed height of 13m and spread 4m. Tree is causing over shadowing of multiple properties.