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5 Ladywood Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1QJ

25/03524/TCANotification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 20 October 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

1) 2 x dead silver birches growing through fence and overhanging garden of 3 Ladywood Avenue - Remove. 2) Ornamental Cherry tree approx 10m height and 8m from rear of house - Reduce by up to 50%. 3) Leyland Cypress approx 10m height and 5m from rear of house (note: this tree is leaning against garden wall and has caused a crack) - Remove. 4) Leyland Cypress approx 10m height and 13m from rear of house - Remove.

Received
16 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Petts Wood & Knoll
  1. Received16 Jul
  2. Validated16 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Aug
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 96 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 LADYWOOD AVENUE, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1QJ. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the Chislehurst Road, Petts Wood conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 211 applications across Petts Wood & Knoll. We hold 3,017 applications in total for the BR5 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
BR5 1QJ
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 July 2025
Target decision date
27 August 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14181864
Documents
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: Chislehurst Road, Petts Wood
  • 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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