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Land south of Captains Wood, Land at Cheesemans Green, Cheesemans Green Lane, Kingsnorth

Granted Ashford NOT/2023/0454 Removal / Replacement of DDD's covered by a TPO

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Silver Birch (8) tag no 858 - Fell due to snapped stem. Goat Willow (9) - Tree dead - to fell. Goat Willow (12) - Tree dead, stem snapped at base, to fell. Group (16) - Fell, group dead wind blown trees. Whitebeam (17) tag no 855 - Fell due to roots lifting and stem split.

As published by the council, reference NOT/2023/0454

Application record

Reference
NOT/2023/0454
Type
Removal / Replacement of DDD's covered by a TPO
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Granted As published: Approve
Received
3 Mar 2023
Validated
8 Mar 2023
Decided
9 Mar 2023
Ward
Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry
Parish
Mersham
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Ashford register

This site has had 4 applications since 2023: 4 approved, 0 refused.

  • OTH/2026/0116 Granted

    Land south of Captains Wood, Land at Cheesemans Green, Cheesemans Green Lane, Kingsnorth

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 16/00125/AS for Construction of 326 new dwellings with associated access, parking, landscaped areas including a neighbourhood play area, internal roads for the development, details of distributor roads E and F, Waterbrook Link Road, a district play area north of Captain's Wood and surface water drainage measures; to allow changes to the layout of the residential plots, alter the design and layout of apartment Blocks 4, 5 and 9, and to include the addition of earth bunds to the public amenity area within Phases B6-B8.

    Decided 17 Feb 2026 Amendments
  • OTH/2025/1594 Granted

    Land south of Captains Wood, Land at Cheesemans Green, Cheesemans Green Lane, Kingsnorth

    Details submitted pursuant to condition 7 (Disposal of foul and surface water) phases B6-B8 only of planning permission 11/00473/AS

    Decided 14 Nov 2025 Conditions
  • OTH/2025/1511 Granted

    Land south of Captains Wood, Land at Cheesemans Green, Cheesemans Green Lane, Kingsnorth

    Details submitted pursuant to condition 9 (Part B only) (Materials) of Planning Permission 16/00125/AS

    Decided 17 Oct 2025 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Mar 2023

    Received by Ashford

  2. 8 Mar 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 9 Mar 2023

    Decision issued: Approve

  4. 28 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

2 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Ashford granted permission on 9 March 2023, 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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    Received 6 Aug, published by the council 16 Aug 2026 Trees
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    Received 11 Aug, published by the council 29 Aug 2026 Trees