Planning application
50 St Margarets Street Rochester Medway ME1 1TU
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1 - Magnolia tree - pruning tree to reduce the circumference to 18.5m from 23.5m and reduce height to 5.5m from 7m.
As published by the council, reference CAN/25/2149
Application record
- Reference
- CAN/25/2149
- Status
- Unknown
- Received
- 2 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 6 Nov 2025
- Postcode
- ME1 1TU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Nov 2025
Received by Medway
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6 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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7 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 1 January 2026, 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
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