Planning application
Millennium River Bank Ampitheatre Archbishops Palace Mill Street Maidstone Kent
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Conservation Area notification for tree works to Fraxinus excelsior (Ash) - Reduce crown: reduce lowest eastern by 4-5m, (to previously pruned branch towards south).
As published by the council, reference 26/502320/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/502320/TCA
- Category
- Trees
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Validated
- 16 Jun 2026
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 11 August 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Maidstone took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
What happens while it is decided
This application is with Maidstone for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Maidstone decided tree works applications in a median of 28 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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.
Other tree works applications
In Maidstone
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26/503216/TCA Decided
Knowle Cottage The Green Bearsted Kent ME14 4DN
Conservation Area Notification: T1 Laurel - Fell, T2 & T3 Bay trees - reduce height from 6m to 4m and spread from 5m to 3m
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26/503460/TCA Awaiting decision
The Old Rectory Church Road Otham Kent ME15 8SB
Conservation area notification to reduce the whole crown from a width of 8m to a width of 6m and to reduce the height from 11m to 7m and to remove 1m all over to shape the crown
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26/503143/TCA Decided
Fir Tree Cottage 28 The Quarries Boughton Monchelsea Kent ME17 4NJ
Conservation area notification to fell one (T1) dead Willow to ground level dead Willow and stump grind, fell one (T2) Silver Birch with cavity in base to ground level and stump grind, Reduce one (T3) Ash from a height of 15m to 12m, to reduce one (T4) Cherry from a height of 8m to 6m and to reduce a group (G1) of trees including one Hawthorn, two Sycamores and one Variegated Maple by 1 m below the overhead utility wires to a height of 6m as shown in the application form
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26/503192/TCA Decided
Glebe House Badlesmere Lees Badlesmere Kent ME13 0NX
Conservation Area Notification: T1-Foxglove tree: fell tree and replant with a flowering cherry.
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26/503509/TCA Awaiting decision
Bridgeland House High Street Marden Kent TN12 9DS
Conservation area notification to reduce Hybrid Poplars (T1) height by 3m and the spread by 2m and thin remaining crown by 15% (see cut line on photo), one Holly (T2) reduce the longer protruding laterals by 1.5m (see cut line on photo), Fell one Liquid Amber (T3) to near ground level, One Magnolia (T4) structural prune of the protruding laterals back to the vicinity of the natural crown profile (see cut line on photo) and two multi-stemmed Portuguese Laurel (G5) remove all stems impacting on the subject fence, back to source.