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Southgate 17 Granville Road St Margarets Bay CT15 6DR

Awaiting decision Dover 26/00816

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

  1. 31 Aug 2026

    Received by Dover

  2. 1 Sep 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 7 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. 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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Agent on file, registered in Dover

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Documents

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5 documents on file for this application

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