St Mary Cray Primary School High Street St Mary Cray Orpington BR5 4AR
Proposal
T705 Mature Elm located within right corner of the front boundary overhanging the highway, pedestrian access to school and the adjoining neighbour's property no. 247 - Prune to reduce crown back from the side elevation and above the neighbour's property ONLY, to provide a statutory clearance of 2m, Prune to clear the lamp column, to provide a minimum 1m clearance, Prune to clear branches touching the overhead telephone lines within the crown to provide a minimum 0.5m clearance, Prune to lift low crown overhanging the pedestrian pavement to provide a statutory height of 2.5m clearance above ground, and 5m clearance above the public highway ONLY,. T717 Mature Lime located within playing field and opposite the eastern boundary of the school tennis court - Crown clean by the removal of dead, dying and suspect branches present within entire crown back to source, including the removal of unwanted, crossing/rubbing branches and congested internal crown growth i.e. water/epicormic shoots. NOTE: NOT an overall crown thin.
- Received
- 14 May 2015
- Decided
- 24 June 2015 · Decision - No Objection
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Bromley
- Ward
- Cray Valley East
- ReceivedReceived14 May
- ValidatedValidated14 May
- Consult.Consultation26 May
- TargetTarget Date11 Jun
- DecidedDecided24 Jun
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at St Mary Cray Primary School High Street St Mary Cray Orpington BR5 4AR. Bromley has handled 2,344 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 42 days. This one was decided in 41 days. The site is in the St Mary Cray conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 2,994 applications in total for the BR5 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20214 Oct
Demolition of existing wall along southern boundary. Erection of 2m high wall along southern boundary. LISTED…
WithdrawnListed building consent21/04841/LBC - 20214 Oct
Demolition of existing wall along southern boundary. Erection of 2m high wall along southern boundary.
ApprovedFull App (Any Operational Development)21/04840/FULL1 - 202117 Aug
Replacement of existing white timber sliding sash windows of front Victorian building with white timber…
WithdrawnListed building consent21/04145/LBC - 202117 Aug
Replacement of existing white timber sliding sash windows of front Victorian building with white timber…
ApprovedFull App (Any Operational Development)21/04496/FULL1
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: St. Mary Cray
- 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.
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