Planning application
Admirals Offices Main Gate Road Historic Dockyard Chatham Medway ME4 4TZ
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T144 - Lime - Remove low dead branch over path. Excessively long dead low branch over path at 7 meters. T143 - Walnut - Fell to ground level Poor vigor and little sign of retrenchment or potential retrenchment suggests sufficient crown reduction to mitigate. Extensive Armillaria mellea fruiting bodies and decay at base would send tree into further decline. T140 - Horse Chestnut - Pollard at previous point at 9m (remove all branches below this point) Tree not in leaf at time of survey but dieback and poor bud density in upper crown in line with decay at base suggests poor compartmentalization of decay. Probably pollarded in distant past at 3 meters then semi pollarded more recently at 8 meters. Tree over footpath and increased target range picnic benches. Although there is reduced vigor with decay reasonable bud density elsewhere suggests tree may recover from re-pollarding at 9 meter to reduce risk of whole tree failure.
As published by the council, reference CAN/26/0307
Application record
- Reference
- CAN/26/0307
- Status
- Unknown
- Received
- 18 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 18 Feb 2026
- Postcode
- ME4 4TZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Feb 2026
Received by Medway
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7 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
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