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Highfield, Cricket Ground Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5HD

21/02037/TREENotification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 7 June 2021

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 & T2 Holly and Cypress - Crown lift lower canopy to provide approximately 2m clearance from the Pittosporum.T3 Yew - Crown reduce height and radial spread of the canopy by up to 1.5m. Thin the crown by approximately 15%. T4 Holly growing into canopy of Cypress - Reduce by 2m and shape upper canopy.T5 Cypress - Remove damaged limb hanging down and crown raise above affected area.T6 & T7 Cypress trees - Crown lift to raise lower canopy of T6 by 4m above ground level then lift T7 to match in height.T8 Cypress - Crown lift to raise the lower canopy to create a 3m clearance from ground level.T9 Holm Oak - Cut back branches growing through the fence and trim back and shape remaining canopy on clients side.We believe consent has already been given to carry out the work on T3, T5 and T7.

Received
30 April 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chislehurst
  1. Received30 Apr
  2. Validated30 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided7 Jun

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Highfield , Cricket Ground Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5HD. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the Chislehurst conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 290 applications across Chislehurst. We hold 2,674 applications in total for the BR7 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
BR7 5HD
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 April 2021
Target decision date
30 April 2021
Permission expires
7 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Trees Uk
Agent address
Longfield Cottage Nash Lane Keston BR2 6AP

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09793504
Documents
2
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Chislehurst
  • 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.

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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