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Castle Gardens Castle Hill Rochester Medway ME1 1SW

Awaiting decision Medway CAN/25/2022

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

URN 77 - Holly - Cut back to kerb line to a height of around 3m from ground over the internal vehicular road area and around 2m over grassed area, branches to be removed will be selected so after works the canopy a natural look and growth pattern rather than a defined line. All branches to be removed will be under a maximum diameter of 8cm at the union with its parent limb URN 80 - Horse Chestnut - Lift tertiary branches to 3m from ground over internal vehicular road area URN 82 - Wild Cherry - Lift tertiary branches to 3m from ground over internal vehicular road area and 5m from ground over highway URN 83 - Robinia - Remove suckers and epicromic growth to crown break URN 84 - Horse Chestnut - Lift tertiary branches to 3m from ground over internal vehicular road area, reduce back to a maximum distance of the outer bay line of the parking bays, lift to a height of 5m over the highway URN 87 - Common Lime - Remove dead wood, remove suckers and epicormic growth to crown break

As published by the council, reference CAN/25/2022

Application record

Reference
CAN/25/2022
Status
Unknown
Received
8 Oct 2025
Validated
8 Oct 2025
Postcode
ME1 1SW

Site history

Applications at this address on the Medway register

This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • CAN/24/2215 Granted

    Castle Gardens Castle Hill Rochester Medway ME1 1SW

    URN72 - Cedar of Lebanon - Exempt works - Remove deadwood URN73 - Holmoak - Crown lift to 3m above ground level URN74 - Holmoak - Exempt works - Remove Deadwood URN86 - Horse Chestnut - Crown lift to provide no more than 4m clearance above ground level where required for access removing secondary and tertiary branches only

    Decided 13 Nov 2024 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 Oct 2025

    Received by Medway

  2. 7 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 3 December 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Medway took a median of 53 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

What happens while it is decided

This application is with Medway for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Medway's median decision took 53 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About this record

The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Medway's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.

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