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54 Woodhurst Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1AS

25/04944/TPOConsent under Tree Preservation OrdersApproved

Approved on 6 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Oak on rear right boundary - Reduce in height by no more than 3m from 19m to 16m. Reduce south-eastern spread by no more than 3m from 13m to 10m . Reduce south-western spread by no more than 1m from 10m to 9m. Reduce north-western spread by no more than 1m from 10m to 9m. Carefully reduce lower branches to provide clearance of approximately 6m from ground level. T2 Oak on rear boundary - Carefully reduce lower branches to provide clearance of approximately 6m from ground level. SUBJECT TO TPO 376 (12.12.1986)

Received
21 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Petts Wood & Knoll
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated21 Oct
  3. Consult.13 Nov
  4. Target13 Nov
  5. Decided6 Jan

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 54 WOODHURST AVENUE, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1AS. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. 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 1AS
Application type
Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 October 2025
Consultation expiry
13 November 2025
Consultation end
13 November 2025
Target decision date
13 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
23 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14428116
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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