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6 Watermen's Square, Penge, London, SE20 7EL

25/04567/TCANotification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 18 November 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Sycamore on rear left boundary - Reduce in height by 2.5m. Reduce SW face by 2.5m. T2 Sycamore on rear right boundary - Reduce SW face by 1m to create one crown with adjacent T1.

Received
29 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Penge & Cator
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Oct
  4. Target10 Nov
  5. Decided18 Nov

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 6 WATERMEN'S SQUARE, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 7EL. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the Penge High Street conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 123 applications across Penge & Cator. We hold 378 applications in total for the SE20 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
SE20 7EL
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2025
Consultation expiry
29 October 2025
Consultation end
29 October 2025
Target decision date
10 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14368656
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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