10 Chelsfield Road Orpington Kent BR5 4DN

08/02995/TREETrees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 29 September 2008

Council decision: Decision - No Objection

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

To crown reduce by 25% and lift lower canopy to 3 metres 1 ash, re-pollard 1 lime and 1 sycamore all on right hand side of front gardenTo crown reduce by 15% and lift lower canopy to 2.5 metres 1 cherry, coppice1 hazel, reduce height by 15% and cut back from green house 1 yew, re-pollard 1 sycamore and 1 lime, reduce to previous pollard points 1 sycamore, reduce height by 25% of 1 leylandii and 1 holly all on right hand boundary of rear gardenTo crown thin by 25% 1 hazel near to outbuilding and fell adjacent twin stemmed ash, in rear gardenTo crown thin and crown reduce 1 hazel by 30%, cut back 1 holly from path, lift lower canopy to 2.5 metres of 1 yew, fell 1 ash, reduce 1 sycamore row by 30% and reduce 1 cherry away from house all on left hand side of rear gardenTREES IN CONSERVATION AREA

Received: 26 August 2008
Council: London Borough of Bromley
Ward: Cray Valley East

ReceivedReceived26 Aug
ValidatedValidated26 Aug
Consult.Consultation6 Oct
TargetTarget Date21 Oct
DecidedDecided29 Sep

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 10 Chelsfield Road Orpington Kent BR5 4DN. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the St Mary Cray conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 3,017 applications in total for the BR5 postcode area.

93% of trees applications at London Borough of Bromley were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: BR5 4DN
Application type: Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 August 2008
Last date for comments: 6 October 2008
Target decision date: 21 October 2008
Decision issued: 30 September 2008
Permission expires: 30 September 2013

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 3
Constraints: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: St. Mary CrayPart of the site
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 (21)

flood storage 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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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Bromley

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