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Flat 5, Melbury Grange, Mavelstone Road, Bromley, BR1 2SZ

24/02702/TREENotification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 17 September 2024

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T3 Oak - Reduce crown by up to 3m, taking care to prune to suitable growth points at least 1/3 diameter of each parent branch. Remove all epicormic growth on stem and remove dead wood.T4 Pine - Reduce south-east side of crown overhanging decking by up to 2m, taking care to prune to suitable growth points at least 1/3 diameter of each parent branch.

Received
5 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bickley & Sundridge
  1. Received5 Jul
  2. Validated5 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Jul
  5. Decided17 Sep

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Flat 5, Melbury Grange, Mavelstone Road, Bromley, BR1 2SZ. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the Mavelstone Road, Bickley conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Bickley & Sundridge. We hold 2,801 applications in total for the BR1 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
BR1 2SZ
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 July 2024
Target decision date
5 July 2024
Permission expires
17 September 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-333625
Documents
3
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: Mavelstone Road, Bickley
  • 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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