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Priestfield Watts Lane Chislehurst BR7 5PJ

21/04387/TREETrees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 25 October 2021

Council decision: Decision - No Objection

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

Proposal

T1 Silver Birch - Reduce height by 8m. T2 Horse Chestnut - Reduce height by 7m. T3 Sycamore - Reduce height by 8m. T4 Cherry - Remove.

Received
28 September 2021
Ward
Chislehurst
  1. Received28 Sep
  2. Validated28 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Oct
  5. Decided25 Oct

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Priestfield 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 3 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
28 September 2021
Target decision date
26 October 2021
Permission expires
25 October 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
3
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
  • Listed building: Grade II: Briars PlaceOn or next to this 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 (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

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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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