Planning application
Westwell Court, Eastwell Lane, Westwell, Kent
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Description: Beech (T1) reduce top height by up to 3 metres to allow sunlight into mossy garden; Ash (T2) Fell due to extent of ash dieback. Lateral branches from surrounding trees to be left where possible to fill in the tree lost; Field Maple (T3,T4) reduce top height by up to 3 meters to allow sunlight into mossy garden, same height as beech (T1); Ash (T5) fell due to the extent of ash dieback; Beech (T6) full crown reduction up to metres to allow sunlight into garden and to maintain tree as a small kept specimen; Silver Birch (T7) fell 2 co-dominant stems as they are multistemmed and have a very poor union at the base of the tree, the tree is split into two halves, leave eastwood half alone, fell the two co dominant stems; (T8) Hawthorn cut down to hedge height and maintain as hedge
As published by the council, reference 19/00249/TC
Application record
- Reference
- 19/00249/TC
- Type
- Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permitted
- Received
- 4 Nov 2019
- Validated
- 4 Nov 2019
- Ward
- Downs West
- Parish
- Westwell
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the Ashford register
This site has had 2 applications since 2019: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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19/00279/TC Granted
Westwell Court, Eastwell Lane, Westwell, Kent
Description: Hawthorn (T1) - Reduce by 2 meters, thin and crown lift lower canopy
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
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 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.
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