Oak Lodge Watts Lane Chislehurst BR7 5PJ
Approved on 5 October 2021
Council decision: Decision - No Objection
Proposal
2 x Mature Limes at front of property - Remove all significant amounts of dead wood above half an inch, stubs, scars, and wind damage. Lift lower canopy to 4m from ground level, over the road. Remove basal and trunk growth. Thin out canopy by 20%. Blue Prunus on front boundary, adjacent to front door - Remove trunk growth up to 2m. Reduce height by approx. 2m. Line of previously pollarded Limes running along front right hand boundary - Completely re-pollard to old pollard points. Remove all basal and trunk growth.
- Received
- 8 September 2021
- Council
- London Borough of Bromley
- Ward
- Chislehurst
- ReceivedReceived8 Sep
- ValidatedValidated8 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date6 Oct
- DecidedDecided5 Oct
Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Oak Lodge Watts Lane Chislehurst BR7 5PJ. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the Chislehurst conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 290 applications across Chislehurst. We hold 2,673 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 5PJ
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 September 2021
- Target decision date
- 6 October 2021
- Permission expires
- 5 October 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MJM Forestry
- Agent address
- Birchley House Farm Fosten Lane Biddenden TN27 8DZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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
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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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20245 Sep
x2 Mature Lime trees along the front boundary, left of the drive overhanging the pub - Remove any basal…
ApprovedTrees in Conservation Areas24/03612/TREE - 201127 Jul
Crown reduce by 30% 1 Cherry Plum on the front boundary and re-pollard/pleach Limes along the front boundary…
ApprovedTrees in Conservation Areas11/02425/TREE
Source: Bromley
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