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5 Ninhams Wood Orpington BR6 8NJ

23/04109/TREETrees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 20 November 2023

Council decision: Decision - No Objection

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

Proposal

T1 Horse Chestnut - Reduce horizontal spread by up to 3m to clear car parking area, and reduce overhang on road. Blend into existing height, overall height to remain unchanged. T4 Sycamore - Reduce southern half of tree by up to 4m, to reduce overhang on pool and garden area. Blend into existing height, overall height to remain unchanged. T5 Laurel - Reduce tree by up to 3m, all sides and height, to reduce overhang on pool and garden areas.

Received
27 October 2023
Ward
Bromley Common And Holwood
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided20 Nov

Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Ninhams Wood Orpington BR6 8NJ. 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 Keston Park, Farnborough conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 4,120 applications in total for the BR6 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
BR6 8NJ
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2023
Target decision date
24 November 2023
Permission expires
20 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12560388
Documents
7
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: Keston Park, Farnborough
  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    27 Oct

    T2 Beech tree in front garden - Lift crown to 4m, prune to clear CCTV and lamp column by 1.5m, remove…

    ApprovedConsent under Tree Preservation OrdersFiled alongside23/04108/TPO
  2. 2023
    27 Oct

    T1 Horse Chestnut - Reduce horizontal spread by up to 3m to clear car parking area, and reduce overhang on…

    This applicationApprovedTrees23/04109/TREE

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