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1 Porthallow Close, Orpington, BR6 9XU

20/03353/TPOConsent under Tree Preservation OrdersApproved

Approved on 18 November 2020

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1 Beech - Thin canopy by 25%. Reduce all over by 1m back to suitable growth points and shape to keep a balanced crown. Raise canopy to 3m.T2 Copper Beech - Cut back overhanging branches by 2m to provide clearance to property. Remove the 2 lowest branches on the western side of the tree taking back to the main stem.SUBJECT TO TPO 1433 (10.8.1988)

Received
21 September 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chelsfield
  1. Received21 Sep
  2. Validated21 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Nov
  5. Decided18 Nov

Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Porthallow Close, Orpington, BR6 9XU. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 127 applications across Chelsfield. We hold 4,117 applications in total for the BR6 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
BR6 9XU
Application type
Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 September 2020
Target decision date
16 November 2020
Permission expires
18 November 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09081692
Documents
3
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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: Bromley

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