Blake Building Central Avenue Chatham Maritime Gillingham Chatham Medway ME4 4TB

1. 2 Mar 2022

   Received by Medway

2. 3 Mar 2022

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 10 May 2023

   Decision issued: Raise No Objection

4. 10 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Medway granted permission on 10 May 2023, 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.

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.

• External Steps Central Avenue Medway Campus Chatham Maritime Gillingham ME4 4TB

  MC/23/0689 Submitted 21 Mar 2023 50 yards away

  Listed building consent for installation of metal studs to treads of external steps

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 17 docs

• University Of Kent Medway Campus Pembroke Chatham Maritime Gillingham Medway ME4 4AG

  CAN/26/1996 Submitted 15 Oct 2026 150 yards away

  71% historically approved · decision due ~10 Dec

  T1 - Tilia europaea 3m crown lift from ground level, over carpark. Prune away from CCTV pole. T2 - Tilia europaea 3m crown lift from ground level, over carpark. T3- Tilia europaea 3m crown lift from ground level, over carpark. T4 - Tilia europaea 3m crown lift from ground level, over carpark. T5 - Tilia europaea 3m crown lift from ground level, over carpark. Prune away from CCTV pole.

  Awaiting decision Trees

• 2 Johnson Avenue Gillingham Kent ME7 1FD.

  MC/02/1116 Submitted 28 May 2002 250 yards away

  Change of use from community flat into a 2-bedroomed self-contained residential flat

  Granted Full applications 1 doc

• Fifty Pembroke Court Pembroke Chatham Maritime Gillingham Medway ME4 4EL

  MC/25/2206 Submitted 10 Nov 2025 250 yards away

  Advertisement consent for the installation of 1x externally illuminated fascia sign

  Decided 7 docs

• Johnson Avenue Chatham Maritime Gillingham Medway ME4 4HZ

  TPA/26/1092 Submitted 10 Jun 2026 250 yards away

  Tree group 03 - 13x mixed species trees and shrubs along road edge. Cut all overhang back to roadside and clear lamp column. Tree group 04 - 30x mixed species trees with more understory shrubs. Lift crowns to 3-4m over road and cut lower vegetation back to curb line.

  Decided Trees 6 docs

• Lower Lines Park Lower Lines Gillingham ME4 4HZ

  CAN/26/1856 Submitted 24 Sep 2026 250 yards away

  71% historically approved · decision due ~2 Dec

  T1 - Hornbeam, T2- Horse Chestnut, T3 - Sycamore, T4 - Sycamore T5 Ash, T6 - Sycamore, T7 - Sycamore, T8 - Sycamore, - removal of the trees in sections. Larger trees will be felled, with additional Scrub Clearance.Scrubland, approximately 15m x 15m, near the main entrance to the park that is proposed for clearance. Within this area is a beech tree approximately 4 metres in height which is growing directly over the buried main entrance to HMS Wildfire. Removed by sectional felling from the base, with the material subsequently chipped and reused on site.

  Awaiting decision Trees

• TPA/26/1731 Status unknown

  242 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6JN

  T20 London Plane. Repollard to uppermost pollard heads at approximately 6.5m above ground level. Pollard heads not to be damaged, but all branches above pollard heads to be removed. T21 Lime. Repollard to uppermost pollard heads at approximately 6.0m above ground level. Pollard heads not to be damaged, but all branches above pollard heads to be removed. T22 Lime. Repollard to uppermost pollard heads at approximately 6.5m above ground level. Pollard heads not to be damaged, but all branches above pollard heads to be removed. Reason for works are to maintain the trees under their established pollarding regime by reducing the current regrowth back to the existing historic pollard knuckles, thereby maintaining their size, form and structural condition.

  Received 8 Sep, published by the council 11 Sep 2026 Trees
• TPA/26/1714 Status unknown

  Land Fronting 27 Lubbock Walk Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9QS

  URN 15637 (T1) Oak - Crown lift to 3m from ground level to provide sufficient clearance over the footpath URN 15640 (T2) - Oak - Crown lift to 3m from ground level to provide sufficient clearance over the footpath

  Received 7 Sep, published by the council 8 Sep 2026 Trees
• TPA/26/1690 Status unknown

  215 Ballens Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8PH

  T1- Oak - crown reduce by approximately 10%, removing approximately 1 metre from the outer branch tips, pruning back to suitable growth points. Reduce the overall height and lateral spread accordingly. Remove epicormic growth from the main stem and primary scaffold branches, together with small unwanted secondary growth within the crown. Remove deadwood throughout the crown. Height after tree work 15m, crown radius approximately 4 metres south, 4 metres north, 3.5 metres east and 4 metres west Overall lateral crown spread approximately 9 metres north to south and 7.5 metres east to west Crown clearance from ground: approximately 6 metres, unchanged from the existing crown lift

  Received 3 Sep, published by the council 7 Sep 2026 Trees
• TPA/26/1623 Status unknown

  The Star Hotel Watling Street Gillingham Medway ME7 2AA

  T1 - Large ash - Crown lift to 4m above ground T2 - Ash - Crown lift to 4m above ground T3 - Lime -Crown lift to 4m above ground T4 - Ivy covered Cherry - Crown lift to 4m above ground T5 - Ash - Crown lift to 4m above ground G1 - All small shrubs/trees within fenced area - fell to near ground level

  Received 25 Aug, published by the council 1 Sep 2026 Trees
• CAN/26/1611 Status unknown

  Lampard Centre Sally Port Gardens Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 5BU

  Sycamore (G2) - Dismantle declining tree to maintain as 6m monolith Ash (G9) - Fell declining tree with Ash dieback Lime (2) - Raise low canopy to 3m. Tree impacting footpath (Tag 0322) Sycamore (11) - Raise low canopy to 3m (Tag 0658) Sycamore (26) - Raise low canopy over road to 6m (Tag 0598) Ash (98) - Fell to declining tree to ground level (Tag 0376) Robinia (120) - Prune from building to give 2m clearance (Tag 0940) Sycamore (135) - Fell declining tree to safe height Sycamore (136) - Raise low canopy to 4m (Tag 0389) Sycamore (137) - Raise low canopy to 4m (Tag 0396) Sycamore (139) - Raise low canopy to 4m (Tag 0891) Sycamore (140) - Raise low canopy to 4m (Tag 0890) Sycamore (141) - Raise low canopy to 4m (Tag 0862) Sycamore (142) - Raise low canopy to 4m (Tag 0395) Holm oak (167) - Reduce canopy to south by 3m. Tree is heavily leaning towards property (Tag 0379) Copper beech (170) Raise low canopy to 2.5m (Tag 0852) Beech (171) - Raise low canopy to 2.5m (Tag 0394) Beech (172) - Raise low canopy to 2.5m (Tag 0849) Holly (174) - Raise low canopy to 2m (Tag 0800) Sycamore (178) - Raise low canopy to 2.5m (Tag 0404) Horse chestnut (182) - Raise low canopy to 5m over road (Tag 0407) Horse chestnut (183) - Raise low canopy to 5m over road (Tag 0408) Horse chestnut (184) - Raise low canopy to 5m over road (Tag 0409) Horse chestnut (189) - Raise low canopy to 3m (Tag 0412) Ash (192) - Raise low canopy to 3m (Tag 0415) Sycamore (200) - Reduce height of tree by 7m to a completed height of 8m. Tree has significant decay in base and main fork and is hollow sounding (Tag 0421) Sycamore (202) - Fell declining tree to a safe height of 4-5m. Tree in natural decline. Sycamore (203) - Fell declining tree to ground level (Tag 0422) Lime (205) - Raise low canopy to 6m over road (Tag 0424) Lime (206) - Raise low canopy to 6m over road (Tag 0425) Lime (208) - Raise low canopy to 6m over road

  Received 22 Aug, published by the council 25 Aug 2026 Trees