White Gates, 38 Wilderness Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5EY

24/00896/TREENotification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved

Prior approval

Approved on 3 April 2024

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

G1 Group of Liquid ambar on rear right hand boundary - Reduce in height by no more than 1.2m and reduce sides by 2.2m to previous reduction points including all growth over neighbouring side to be reduced back to boundary.T1 Himalayan Birch on rear right hand boundary - Reduce in height and radial spread by no more than 1.5m.T2 Robinia on rear right hand boundary - Reduce in height and radial spread by no more 1.2m maintaining current species shape.G2 Cherry on rear left hand boundary - Reduce in height and radial spread by no more than 1.2m.T3 Holly on rear right hand boundary - Trim to shape removing 40cm and no more.T4 Honey locust on rear left hand boundary - Reduce in height and radial spread by no more than 2m.T5 Cedar on rear right hand boundary - Reduce in height and radial spread by no more than 40cm.

Received: 8 March 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Bromley
Ward: Chislehurst
Agent: Down to Earth Trees Ltd

ReceivedReceived8 Mar
ValidatedValidated8 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date8 Mar
DecidedDecided3 Apr

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at White Gates, 38 Wilderness Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5EY. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the Pattingham conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5EY
Application type: Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 March 2024
Target decision date: 8 March 2024
Permission expires: 3 April 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12871145
Documents: 2
Constraints: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

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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.

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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Bromley

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