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1-12 Wedgewood Court Balmoral Gardens Bexley Kent

26/00643/TWorks to Trees under Tree PreservationRefused

Refused on 26 August 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to one Red Cedar Tree protected by a Tree Preservation Order 83/01478/TPO

Received
30 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
ST MARYS & ST JAMES
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated30 Mar
  3. Consult.23 Apr
  4. Target25 May
  5. Decided26 Aug

Decided in 149 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1-12 Wedgewood Court Balmoral Gardens Bexley Kent. Bexley has handled 157 applications of this type. This one was decided in 149 days, 13 weeks longer than Bexley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across ST MARYS & ST JAMES.

88% of trees applications at London Borough of Bexley were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. Insufficient information was provided to justify the felling proposed. The tree is a healthy specimen and no there is no evidence of defects or harm to nearby structures to justify the works proposed. As such, without justification the works proposed would be detrimental to the tree and its contribution to public amenity. The proposal is therefore, considered to be contrary to Policies SP9 and DP20 of Bexley's Local Plan (2023).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Works to Trees under Tree Preservation
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 March 2026
Consultation expiry
23 April 2026
Consultation start
2 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
2 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
23 April 2026
Last date for comments
23 April 2026
Target decision date
25 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Craig Chisholm Tree Surgery Ltd 3 Horsted Avenue Chatham ME4 6JU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14822557
Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Bexley

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