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Norman Cottage, Morley Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5PP

25/03451/TCANotification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 11 November 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

(A) Beech tree - Reduce the lowest crown lateral spread from 3.5m to 2m, and crown lift 0m to 2m from ground in NE quadrant (red circle) to give more even spread to match SW quadrant at boundary with 1 Crown Lane. Thin the crown overhanging Crown Lane to within garden wall. (B) Evergreen tree - Remove the lower extended branches circled in purple to reduce the lowest crown lateral spread to 2m. (C) Holly tree - Crown reduction from 3m to 1.5m, up to 2m from ground. (D) Cypress trees ( not pine as originally listed) - Reduce the crown lateral spread from maximum of 3m to around 1.5m to 2m, from 1m above ground for all trees.

Received
11 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chislehurst
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Jul
  5. Decided11 Nov

Decided in 148 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at NORMAN COTTAGE, MORLEY ROAD, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5PP. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 148 days, 13 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the Chislehurst conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. 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 5PP
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2025
Target decision date
28 July 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
17 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
532740
Documents
7

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: Chislehurst
  • Listed building: Morley Cottage, Holly Cottage, Yew Tree House and Nant GwynOn or next to this site
  • 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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