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Street Record, Park Avenue, Farnborough, Orpington

23/01259/TREENotification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 20 April 2023

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

T1 Horse Chestnut at 1 Park Avenue - Reduce spread to 3.5m.T2 Horse Chestnut at 6 Park Avenue - Thin out, particularly at reduction points, and remove deadwood.T3 Lawson Cypress at 10 Park Avenue - Reduce height to 8m and spread to 4m.T4 Oak at 24 Park Avenue - Reduce upper canopy to 6m and lateral spread to 7-8m. T5 Goat Willow on corner with Sunnydale - Reduce spread to 3-4m and reduce height to 7-8m.

Received
23 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Farnborough & Crofton
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Street Record, Park Avenue, Farnborough, Orpington. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the Farnborough Park conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 192 applications across Farnborough & Crofton.

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

Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2023
Target decision date
23 March 2023
Permission expires
20 April 2025

Additional information

Documents
2
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Farnborough ParkPart of the site

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.

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© 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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Source: Bromley

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