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Church House, Church Hill, High Halden, TN26 3JB

Granted Ashford NOT/2025/1648 Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area

Works: Trees

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

Proposal

A, B, C - Cupressus Leylandii- Remove a clump of 3 trees on the boundary between Church House and Greenside. These will be replaced with a hedge of native English species. D - Cupressus Leylandii - Fell E - Conifer - Fell F - Oak - remove the lower limbs back to between 1m and 2m from the trunk to allow more light to pond. Furthermore, the higher branches will need to be trimmed to protect the BT cable that runs through the tree canopy - clear around utility cable by 500mm all smaller diameter branches (<50mm diameter) that may damage it.

As published by the council, reference NOT/2025/1648

Application record

Reference
NOT/2025/1648
Type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Status
Decision Made
Decision
No Objection
Received
8 Sep 2025
Validated
24 Sep 2025
Decided
30 Oct 2025
Ward
Weald Central
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
TN26 3JB

Site history

Applications at this address on the Ashford register

This site has had 3 applications since 2023: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • OTH/2023/0236 Granted

    Church House, Church Hill, High Halden, TN26 3JB

    x3 Hawthorn Trees - To Fell, trees located on the property boundary next to Church View.

    Decided 8 Mar 2023 Trees
  • PA/2023/0220 Granted

    Church House, Church Hill, High Halden, TN26 3JB

    Installation of split air conditioning unit at rear of property

    Decided 30 Mar 2023 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 Sep 2025

    Received by Ashford

  2. 24 Sep 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 30 Oct 2025

    Decision issued: No Objection

  4. 13 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

6 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Ashford granted permission on 30 October 2025, 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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