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April Cottage, 30 Park Avenue, Farnborough, Orpington, BR6 8LH

24/03273/TREENotification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 7 October 2024

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Silver Birch to the rear of of the property - Fell to ground level and grind resulting stumps. T2 Swamp Cypress to the left of the house - Remove 2 lowest branches to clear property and 2 opposite branches to clear neighbouring property.T3 Atlas cedar to the front of the house - Crown lift to 4m by removing lowest ring of branches.T4 Oak to the left of the driveway - Crown lift to 4m house side and 5m over road. Crown clean and remove any dysfunctional branches.

Received
29 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Farnborough & Crofton
Agent
RWE Rural Services Ltd
  1. Received29 Aug
  2. Validated29 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Aug
  5. Decided7 Oct

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at April Cottage, 30 Park Avenue, Farnborough, Orpington, BR6 8LH. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 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 196 applications across Farnborough & Crofton. We hold 4,117 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 8LH
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 August 2024
Target decision date
29 August 2024
Permission expires
7 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
RWE Rural Services Ltd
Agent address
Thomas Wood Yard Bank Lane Hildenborough TN11 8NR

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13346982
Documents
2
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: Farnborough Park
  • 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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