Land Fronting 9-14 Blowers Wood Grove Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RD

1. 11 Nov 2024

   Received by Medway

2. 25 Nov 2024

   Decision issued: Approval with Conditions

3. 4 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Medway granted permission on 25 November 2024, 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.

• 13 Blowers Wood Grove Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RD

  TPA/24/2190 Submitted 25 Oct 2024 50 yards away

  T1 and T2- Sweet chestnut - fell and replant in the garden

  Refused Trees 5 docs

• 8 Blowers Wood Grove Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RD

  MC/26/1456 Submitted 2 Aug 2026 50 yards away

  Construction of a part first floor/ part two storey extension to side/rear; garage conversion to habitable room; single storey porch to front.

  Decided Extension 5 docs
  Small domestic

• 9 Blowers Wood Grove Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RD

  TPA/25/2380 Submitted 7 Dec 2025 50 yards away

  T1 - Popular tree- fell to ground level T2 - Chestnut tree - to repollard the trees back to previous points at a height of 12 meters removing 4 meters. T3 - Oak tree - to reduce height by 2.5 meters leaving 15 meters.

  Refused Trees 3 docs

• 9 Blowers Wood Grove Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RD

  TPA/26/0943 Submitted 18 May 2026 50 yards away

  T1 - Sweet Chestnut - 3 metre round reduction from 13 metres to 10 metres T2 - Oak - 3 metre round reduction 13 metres to 10 metres T3 - Poplar - 3 metre round reduction 13 metres to 10 metres

  Decided 6 docs

• 7 Blowers Wood Grove Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RD

  MC/21/1931 Submitted 29 Jun 2021 50 yards away

  Construction of a single storey extension to existing garage

  Granted Householder Extension 10 docs
  Small domestic

• 15 Blowers Wood Grove Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RD

  TPA/22/1477 Submitted 13 Jun 2022 100 yards away

  T1 -Sweet Chestnut - multi-stem consisting of 6 stems, 3 western stems are dead. Reduce 3 live stems from 15m to 10m to alleviate adverse lean. T2 - Oak - Crown lift secondary branches to achieve 5m ground clearance. Prune southern canopy to clear roof by 2m. Thin canopy by 10%. Remove dead wood. Reasons for work - good urban forestry practice.

  Granted Trees 2 docs

• 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
• TPA/26/1597 Status unknown

  351 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0HU

  T1 - Ash - Current dimensions height 18m crown spread 10m - reduce lateral growth to the south side of the tree by 2m back to previous pruning points to leave crown dimensions of height 18m and crown spread 8m.

  Received 20 Aug, published by the council 24 Aug 2026 Trees
• TPA/26/1582 Status unknown

  8 Tyler Drive Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9LT

  T1 - Oak - Crown reduce the radial spread from 6.5m to no less than 5.5m (North), 4.5m to no less than 4.0m (East), 6.5m to no less than 5.5m (South) and 7.5m to no less than 6.5m (West), Crown lift to provide no more than 5.0m clearance above ground level by removing or shortening secondary branches and epicormic growth only, Reduce secondary growth only to provide up to 2m clearance from the roofs and walls of Nos. 6, 8 and 10 Tyler Drive and remove single branch

  Received 18 Aug, published by the council 19 Aug 2026 Trees
• TPA/26/1569 Status unknown

  Ashley House Spekes Road Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RT

  T1 - Silver Birch - Fell

  Received 18 Aug, published by the council 1 Sep 2026 Trees