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17 Poyntell Crescent Chislehurst BR7 6PJ

23/03902/TREETrees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 1 November 2023

Council decision: Decision - No Objection

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

Proposal

T1 Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Blue pembury' (Lawson cypress 'Blue pembury') on rear right boundary - Reduce in height by approximately 1.5m from 7m down to 5.5m (Or as directed by client). Trim all round as hard as practical without trimming back to brown foliage. T2 Prunus domestica 'Atropurpurea' (Purple leaved plum) adjacent to T1 - Reduce in height by approximately 2m from 8m down to 6m and average radial spread by approximately 1.5 from 3.5m to 2m. T3 Malus (Apple) on rear right boundary - Prune crown by reducing re-growth to the vicinity of previous pruning points and selectively thin weak, crowded and crossing growth. T4 Carpinus betulus (Hornbeam) adjacent to rear boundary - Reduce in height by approximately 1m from 7m down to 6m and average radial spread by approximately 1.5m from 6m to 4.5m.

Received
12 October 2023
Ward
Chislehurst
Agent
Down to Earth Trees Ltd
  1. Received12 Oct
  2. Validated12 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Nov
  5. Decided1 Nov

Decided in 20 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 17 Poyntell Crescent Chislehurst BR7 6PJ. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 5 weeks quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the Chislehurst conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 289 applications across Chislehurst. We hold 2,672 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 6PJ
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 October 2023
Target decision date
9 November 2023
Permission expires
1 November 2025

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-12522368
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: 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

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

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