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28 Albert Road Penge London SE20 7JW

21/05089/TREETrees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 2 December 2021

Council decision: Decision - No Objection

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

Proposal

T1 Cherry on rear left hand boundary - Reduce in height and radial spread by no more than 2m. T3 Weeping Birch on rear boundary - Cut away from shed leaving 1m clearance and cut back to boundary line.

Received
8 November 2021
Ward
Penge And Cator
Agent
Down to Earth Trees Ltd
  1. Received8 Nov
  2. Validated8 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Dec
  5. Decided2 Dec

Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 28 Albert Road Penge London SE20 7JW. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 weeks quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the Alexandra Cottages (Parish Lane) conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 378 applications in total for the SE20 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
SE20 7JW
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 November 2021
Target decision date
6 December 2021
Permission expires
2 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Down to Earth Trees Ltd
Agent address
The Oast Preston Farm Shoreham Road Shoreham TN14 7UD

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10370357
Documents
11
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: Alexandra Cottages (Parish Lane), Penge
  • 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

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

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