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9 Blowers Wood Grove Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RD

Refused Medway TPA/25/2380

Works: Trees

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

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.

As published by the council, reference TPA/25/2380

Application record

Reference
TPA/25/2380
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Refusal
Received
7 Dec 2025
Validated
8 Dec 2025
Decided
3 Feb 2026
Ward
Hempstead & Wigmore
Postcode
ME7 3RD

Site history

Applications at this address on the Medway register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 0 approved, 1 refused.

  • TPA/26/0943 Decided

    9 Blowers Wood Grove Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RD

    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 29 Jun 2026

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 7 Dec 2025

    Received by Medway

  2. 8 Dec 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 3 Feb 2026

    Decision issued: Refusal

  4. 7 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

3 documents on file for this application

  • TREES FELL/PRUNE - REFUSAL Decision Notice · 03 Feb 2026
  • REDACTED Application Form · 08 Dec 2025
  • TREE BLOCK PLAN Drawings · 08 Dec 2025

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What this refusal means

Medway refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About this record

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