Planning application
OTH/2023/0131
17, Front Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3QB
Proposal
Yew Tree - reduce the crown by 1.5 - 2 meters and remove three lower branches of the yew tree (Taxus baccata) at the rear east-facing garden of 17 Front Road.
As published by the council, reference OTH/2023/0131
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Jan 2023
Received by Ashford
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25 Jan 2023
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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15 Mar 2023
Decision issued: No Objection
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28 Jul 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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OTH/2022/3156 Granted
Land off Front Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3SA
Non Material Amendment to planning permission 21/01284/AS (Outline planning application with all matters reserved except for access into the site - For the erection of up to 40 dwellings (including affordable housing), structural planting and landscaping, informal public open space and children's play area, surface water flood mitigation, vehicular access point and associated ancillary works). to vary Condition 4 approved plans.
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OTH/2026/1047 Awaiting decision
Townland Farm, 80 Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3SA
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 5 (Construction Management Plan) and 13 (Archaeological evaluation) of Planning Permission PA/2023/0297
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20/00019/TC Granted
43 Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3SA
Description: T1 Ash - to fell.
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20/00305/TC Granted
28 Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QE
Description: To fell Cherry tree & replant a replacement tree nearby.
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21/00165/TC Granted
40 Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QE
Description: T1 Fir tree - Remove plus stumping. It grows rapidly every year and now is too big for the garden and the spread is beginning to kill the beech hedge.
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20/00103/TC Granted
Garden Cottage, 40A Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QE
Description: T1 Ash tree - fell. T2 Walnut tree - reduce height 2m leaving finished height 8m. Reduce spread all orientations by 2m. Thin centre by 15%.
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.