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55 Cator Road Sydenham London SE26 5DT

25/00248/TREETrees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 24 February 2025

Council decision: Decision - No Objection

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

G1 x6 Conifer in front garden - Trim as hard as possible retaining healthy top and face. G2 x2 Oak in front garden - Crown reduce by removing up to 2.5m in branch length. T1 Dead Stump in rear garden - Remove and stump grind. T2 Yew in rear garden - Cut back to boundary line by removing up to 1.5m in branch length. T3 Oak in rear garden - Reduce length of laterals growing into No. 55 by removing up to 2m in branch length. G3 x2 Oak in rear garden - Remove major deadwood. G4 x5 Sycamore in rear garden - Reduce lateral branches by removing up to 2.5m in branch length. T4 Dead tree in rear garden - Fell and stump grind. T5 Stump in rear garden - Fell and stump grind. T6 Yew in rear garden - Lift to a height of 2m. T7 Dead Elder in rear garden - Fell and stump grind.

Received
24 January 2025
Ward
Penge And Cator
  1. Received24 Jan
  2. Validated24 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Feb
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 55 Cator Road Sydenham London SE26 5DT. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 weeks quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the Cator Road, Sydenham conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,165 applications in total for the SE26 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
SE26 5DT
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 January 2025
Target decision date
21 February 2025
Permission expires
24 February 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Connick Tree Care
Agent address
New Pond Farm Woodhatch Road Reigate RH2 7QH

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13718671
Documents
18
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Cator Road, Sydenham
  • 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

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