Planning application
8, Aspen Drive, Ashford, TN23 3QP
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1 Unknown Species - To fell - Reason for works - Overgrown and affecting nearby buildings, no space for replanting to take place.
As published by the council, reference OTH/2025/1549
Application record
- Reference
- OTH/2025/1549
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order - works related
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Approve
- Received
- 20 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 1 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 22 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Godinton
- Parish
- Central Ashford
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN23 3QP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Aug 2025
Received by Ashford
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1 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Approve
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13 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Ashford granted permission on 22 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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