Planning application
Southgate 17 Granville Road St Margarets Bay CT15 6DR
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Scots Pine (T1) Remove one large lower limb and carry out an overall crown reduction of 1.5m to rebalance the tree. Lime (T2) Reduce the crown height by 4m and lateral branches by 1.5m, re-pollarding back to previous pollard points as part of ongoing cyclical maintenance of TPO No 2 of 2006.
As published by the council, reference 26/00816
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00816
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 31 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 1 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Guston Kingsdown St Margarets-at-Cliffe
- Parish
- ST MARGARETS AT CLIFFE
- Postcode
- CT15 6DR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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31 Aug 2026
Received by Dover
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1 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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7 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 27 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
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